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The 21 pages that link to Indian Independence Act 1947, each with the reason it gives.

• Partition of IndiaRelated: It supplied the legal framework for dividing British India and transferring sovereignty.

• Muhammad Ali JinnahRelated: The act legally realized the partition and independence that Jinnah had pursued.

• Constitution of IndiaRelated: It created the sovereign setting in which India’s Constituent Assembly completed its work.

• Indian independenceRelated: It supplied the legal basis and timetable for the transfer of power.

• PakistanRelated: It provided the legal basis for Pakistan’s independence.

• Princely stateRelated: The act ended British authority over the states without itself assigning them to either dominion.

• Constituent Assembly of IndiaRelated: It transformed the Assembly into the sovereign constitution-making body of independent India.

• Lahore ResolutionRelated: The act legally implemented partition, the outcome toward which the League’s demand had developed.

• Liaquat Ali KhanRelated: The act legally created the Pakistan government Khan led as prime minister.

• Censorship in IndiaRelated: Independence transferred inherited censorship institutions and laws into the new Indian state.

• Instrument of AccessionRelated: Ending British paramountcy left princely states to choose their political future.

• British paramountcyRelated: The Act ended the authority that had bound princely rulers to Britain.

• Constituent Assembly of PakistanRelated: It provided for Pakistan’s Constituent Assembly and gave it legislative authority.

• Lord MountbattenRelated: Mountbatten served as the Crown’s representative during the legal transfer enacted by this statute.

• Indore StateRelated: The act ended British paramountcy, forcing princely states to decide their political future.