Partition of India

Target entity: Partition of India
Context triple: [Pakistan, independenceEvent, Partition of India]

• A. Partition of Bengal 1905
  The Partition of Bengal in 1905 was a controversial division of the Bengal province by the British colonial government that sparked widespread nationalist protest and helped galvanize the Indian independence movement.
• B. Indian Independence Act 1947
  The Indian Independence Act 1947 was a landmark Act of the British Parliament that ended colonial rule in the Indian subcontinent by creating the independent dominions of India and Pakistan.
• C. Indian independence movement
  The Indian independence movement was a decades-long struggle, led by figures such as Mahatma Gandhi, to end British colonial rule and establish a sovereign, democratic India.
• D. Indian Rebellion of 1857
  The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major, widespread uprising against British rule in India that marked a turning point in the subcontinent’s colonial history and is often regarded as the first war of Indian independence.
• E. British India
  British India was the vast territory on the Indian subcontinent administered by the British Crown and its agents from the 18th to mid-20th century, forming the core of the British Empire in Asia.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Partition of India
Target entity description: The Partition of India was the 1947 division of British India into the two independent dominions of India and Pakistan, accompanied by massive communal violence and one of the largest population displacements in history.

• A. Partition of Bengal 1905
  The Partition of Bengal in 1905 was a controversial division of the Bengal province by the British colonial government that sparked widespread nationalist protest and helped galvanize the Indian independence movement.
• B. Indian Independence Act 1947
  The Indian Independence Act 1947 was a landmark Act of the British Parliament that ended colonial rule in the Indian subcontinent by creating the independent dominions of India and Pakistan.
• C. Indian independence movement
  The Indian independence movement was a decades-long struggle, led by figures such as Mahatma Gandhi, to end British colonial rule and establish a sovereign, democratic India.
• D. Indian Rebellion of 1857
  The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major, widespread uprising against British rule in India that marked a turning point in the subcontinent’s colonial history and is often regarded as the first war of Indian independence.
• E. British India
  British India was the vast territory on the Indian subcontinent administered by the British Crown and its agents from the 18th to mid-20th century, forming the core of the British Empire in Asia.
• F. None of above. chosen