India and the United States Exchange Ambassadors
1946-10-22
India and the United States announced on 22 October 1946 that they would exchange ambassadors and raise their diplomatic missions to embassies. The change took effect on 1 November, while India remained under British rule and independence was still months away. [2]
An interim Indian government had taken office on 2 September. Under the British plan for transferring power, it could conduct relations with other states while work toward a constitution and full independence continued. [2]
When British India was partitioned into India and Pakistan on 15 August 1947, the embassies were already in place. Harry Truman sent a message to Lord Mountbatten, India’s governor-general, recognizing the new Dominion. [2]
In October 1947, Ambassador Asaf Ali described displacement and violence in the Punjab to Acting Secretary of State Robert Lovett and pressed for additional grain. [3]
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- Decolonization of Asia and Africa, 1945–1960
- India — Office of the Historian
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- Asaf Ali Discusses Partition and Food Requirements with Robert Lovett
FRUS 1947, volume III, document 113, October 7, 1947: The Recent Disturbances; India's Food Requirements
- Girja Shankar Bajpai
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- Girija Shankar Bajpai
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- The Imperialism of Anti-Imperialism: The United States and India in the Second World War
Working Paper 226, printed pages 18–19 (PDF pages 18–19)
- Historical representation: British India
- Joint Declaration of the United Nations on Cooperation for Victory
Declaration and signatures
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