Pre-partition British India

British India was made up of states ruled directly by the British and princely states ruled indirectly

China

Afghanistan

Nepal

Delhi

Karachi

Dhaka

British

India

Bay of

Bengal

Arabian Sea

400 km

400 miles

Partition – August 1947

Partition created the two separate countries of India and Pakistan. Pakistan originally consisted of West and East Pakistan

Kashmir

China

East Pakistan

(Became Bangladesh

in 1971)

Afghanistan

Nepal

Delhi

Karachi

India

West

Pakistan

Dhaka

Bay of

Bengal

Large princely states which did not accede to either country in 1947

Pre-partition British India

British India was made up of states ruled directly by the British and princely states ruled indirectly

Partition – August 1947

Partition created the two separate countries of India and Pakistan. Pakistan originally consisted of West and East Pakistan

Kashmir

China

China

East Pakistan

(Became Bangladesh

in 1971)

Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Nepal

Nepal

Delhi

Delhi

Karachi

Karachi

Dhaka

British India

India

West

Pakistan

Dhaka

Bay of

Bengal

Bay of

Bengal

Large princely states which did not accede to either country in 1947

Arabian Sea

400 km

400 miles