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| 1947 |
| | | In granting independence to India, Britain partitions the subcontinent along sectarian lines into Pakistan and the republic of India | |
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| 1947 |
| | | Louis Mountbatten, the last viceroy of India, becomes also the first governor-general | |
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| 1947 |
| | | Jawaharlal Nehru becomes prime minister of the newly independent republic of India | |
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| 1947 |
| | | Muslim leader Mohammed Ali Jinnah becomes the first governor-general of the new state of Pakistan | |
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| 1947 |
| | | Muslims proclaim an independent state in west Kashmir, defying the wishes of the maharaja | |
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| 1947 |
| | | Violent sectarian division in Kashmir results in war between India and Pakistan in support of the rival sides | |
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| 1948 |
| | | Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated at a Delhi prayer meeting by a Hindu extremist, Nathuram Godse | |
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| 1949 |
| | | The first Indo-Pakistani war ends with a Kashmir demarcation line approved by the UN but acceptable to neither state | |
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| 1950 |
| | | North Korean troops cross the 38th parallel to invade the southern half of the region | |
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| 1950 |
| | | North Korean forces press far enough south to capture the South Korean capital of Seoul | |
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