India Old Map Before 1947

Needless to say the actual partition of india and pakistan in 1947, went somewhat differently than that envisaged by ali. How india’s map has evolved since 1947. Old maps of punjab on old maps online.

Click on the map for a very large scan. Kashmir became a part in october 1947, hyderabad and junagadh in 1948. The british indian empire was partitioned in august 1947 into the dominion of india and dominion of pakistan, each gaining its independence.

Apart from the loss of territory to pakistan in 1947 (parts of kashmir, though they continue to be claimed by india and are part of india’s map) and to china in 1963, india’s external boundaries has changed only three times —when goa was subsumed into the indian union in 1961, pondicherry in 1962 (officially) and sikkim in 1975.

However, muslims made up majorities in both the western and eastern parts of british india. In march 1951, the editors of this national geographic map are still warning their readers about possible boundary changes, especially in kashmir; India, pakistan, ceylon, nepal, political. How india’s map has evolved since 1947.