Former British province · RESEARCH DRAFT
Bombay
A British province within the new Dominion.
Under Indian administration
The former British province continued within the Dominion of India.
British province: Bombay
Bombay on this map refers to the province, not only the city now called Mumbai. Its extent must be read alongside the separate princely states and possessions of western India. The pilot marker identifies a location in the province; it does not outline its territory. [2][1]
The sequence of events
- BY THE SNAPSHOT
Dominion of India established
Bombay was part of the territory of the new Indian Dominion.
Ruler and route to integration
AT THE END OF 16 AUGUST 1947
Former British provinces
Within the Dominion of India from 15 August 1947.
- Ruler / governing authority in 1947
- Provincial government under the Dominion of India; no hereditary princely ruler.
- Route to integration · Constitutional transfer
- British rule ended through the Indian Independence Act. The province continued within India; it did not sign a princely Instrument of Accession.
- People and institutions involved
- The British Parliament enacted the transfer; Governor-General Mountbatten and the new Dominion and provincial governments implemented it.
- Indian Dominion established
Sources
- Indian Independence Act 1947, sections 1–3, 7 ↗Primary / official source
Sources & further reading
- Indian Independence Act 1947 ↗UK legislation archive
Sections 1–4: the Dominions and the division of Bengal and Punjab; section 7: the lapse of paramountcy.
- India showing Provinces, States and Districts, 1947 ↗Survey of India / Wikimedia Commons
Second edition. Retrospective reference including the Radcliffe line. Public-domain-in-India label; scan reproduction terms need review before publication.
