After the All-India Congress agreed to the British plan for partition, India was partitioned into India and Pakistan in 1947.
The Indian Independence Act 1947 outlined the partition, which resulted in the dissolution of the British Raj, i.e. Crown rule in India. The two self-governing independent Dominions of India and Pakistan were legally established on August 15, 1947, at midnight.
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