Former British province · RESEARCH DRAFT
East Punjab
A province divided, with its final border still unannounced.
Under Indian administration
An Indian province formed by Partition. The final boundary award had not yet been publicly announced.
British province: Punjab
The former British province of Punjab was divided at independence. East Punjab became part of the Dominion of India. On 16 August, however, the final boundary award was not yet public. The line on this reference map is retrospective. [1][2]
The sequence of events
- BY THE SNAPSHOT
East Punjab constituted
The Independence Act divided Punjab into East and West Punjab.
- AFTER THE SNAPSHOT
Boundary award announced
The published boundary gave the division a publicly known line.
Ruler and route to integration
AT THE END OF 16 AUGUST 1947
Former British provinces
The Indian portion became East Punjab. Partition’s final boundary award was not public until 17 August.
- Ruler / governing authority in 1947
- Provincial government under the Dominion of India; no hereditary princely ruler.
- Route to integration · Constitutional transfer
- Partition divided the former British province between India and Pakistan. The displayed source polygon is clipped to a later Indian outline and must not be read as the whole 1947 province.
- 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
Evidence and date notes
Territory type; consult the dossier for the 1947 constitutional position.
- The 16 August frontier cannot be reconstructed from this retrospective boundary layer.
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.
- Partition of British India ↗The National Archives, UK
Boundary announcement on 17 August 1947 and contemporary documents.
- 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.
