On which date was India partitioned?

India was partitioned on August 15, 1947. The decision was taken to divide the country into two nations, India and Pakistan, in order to resolve religious conflicts that had been ongoing for centuries because of rivalry and fighting between the majority Muslim and majority Hindu populations. At the time of the partition, India had also just succeeded in winning its independence from the British Empire, and on the same day as this independence was formalized, the two nations of Pakistan (formed of majority Muslim people) and India (majority Hindu population) became officially recognized. As such, Pakistan was technically never a part of the British Empire. However, because the land that is now Pakistan was then India, Pakistan is recognized as part of the Commonwealth in its own right, with its citizens having special status with regard to the UK.