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1 000 km
Boundary of British Indian Empire (1939)
Union of India
Pakistan (1948)
Large princely states not acceding to either country upon independence
Inter-communal conflict
Movements of Hindu and Sikh refugees
Movements of Muslim refugees
Arabian Sea
Bay of Bengal
CEYLON
(independence in 1948)
CHINA
TIBET
NEPAL
BHUTAN
AFGHANISTAN
KASHMIR
INDIA
HYDERABAD
(annexed byIndia in 1948)
WESTPAKISTAN
EASTPAKISTAN
BURMA
(BANGLADESHas of 1971)
GOA
(annexed byIndia in 1961)