Last British Troops Leave India
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Last British Troops Leave India
Burmah-Shell Photographic News Service photograph: Last British Troops Leave India.One of two photographs of Somerset Light Infantry, last British troops to leave India, Bombay, 1948. Photograph by Hunnar Ltd, .The Somerset Light Infantry on parade. In the background is the Taj Mahal Hotel. Following the independence of India and Pakistan in August 1947, British Regiments were gradually withdrawn from the subcontinent. This included a well-planned and orderly withdrawal from Waziristan and other tribal regions of the North West Frontier. The last unit to leave India was the 1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert s) which embarked at Bombay on 28 February 1948.
1948
Media ID 14395632
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1921 1945 1947 1948 1960 Alberts Battalion Bombay Burmah Ceremonial Embarked Frontier Gradually Included Independence Infantry Leave Mahal Maharashtra News Orderly Pakistan Parade Photographic Planned Regiments Regions Shell Somerset Tribal Unit Withdrawal Withdrawn
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