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Unanimously, India achieved its independence on 15th August 1947. Of course, to say the exact time would be a bit difficult. However, there must be some figure for this time; at least, at what time did they begin to address the nation to announce its independence?

What was the time of its announcement?

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According to the history archives of the UK Parliament, India became a "dominion" within the British commonwealth at midnight on 15th August 1947. At this time, India's new ministers and members of the constituent assembly took an oath to serve the new country, and the new office of the Governor General was created. (Wikipedia says without citation that the exact time was 12:02 am of 15th August, but I have not seen this time being mentioned anywhere else).

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user571376 - I would be happy if we get an answer from the British history bureau of record keeping. Redistributing an online information again in internet isn't of no growth. We need to bring the information which are still only inform of books. However, I appreciate your answer and contribution. – Banned from SO Oct 29 '12 at 12:05
Is this what you are looking for? parliament.uk/business/publications/parliamentary-archives/… – Arani Oct 29 '12 at 12:14
user571376 - I appreciate your effort. Your 1st answer was more useful. Thank you so much! – Banned from SO Oct 30 '12 at 4:57

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