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The Act ended British rule in India, declaring it an independent and sovereign state from August 15, 1947, and facilitated the partition into India and Pakistan. It abolished the viceroy's office, establishing a Governor-general for each dominion and removing British governmental responsibility. Additionally, it empowered the Constituent Assemblies of both dominions to create their own constitutions and legislate until those constitutions were enacted.

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The Act ended British rule in India, declaring it an independent and sovereign state from August 15, 1947, and facilitated the partition into India and Pakistan. It abolished the viceroy's office, establishing a Governor-general for each dominion and removing British governmental responsibility. Additionally, it empowered the Constituent Assemblies of both dominions to create their own constitutions and legislate until those constitutions were enacted.

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Features of the Act

1. It ended the British rule in India and declared India as an independent


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Sovereign state from August 15,1947.

2. It provided for the partition of India and creation of two independent

Dominions of India and Pakistan with the right to secede from the British

Commonwealth.

3. It abolished the office of viceroy and provided, for each dominion, a

Governor-general, who was to be appointed by the British King on the

Advice of the dominion cabinet. His Majesty’s Government in Britain was

To have no responsibility with respect to the Government of India or

Pakistan.

4. It empowered the Constituent Assemblies of the two dominions to


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And adopt any constitution for their respective nations and to repeal any
Act of the British Parliament, including the Independence act itself.

5. It empowered the Constituent Assemblies of both the dominions to

Legislate for their respective territories till the new constitutions were

Drafted and enforced. No Act of the British Parliament passed after

August 15, 1947 was to extend to either of the new dominions unless it

Was extended thereto by a law of the legislature of the dominion.

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