Independence Day is celebrated annually on 15 August as a national holiday in India commemorating the nation's independence from the United Kingdom on 15 August 1947, the day when the provisions of the Indian Independence Act 1947 , which transferred legislative sovereignty to the Indian Constituent Assembly , came into effect. India retained King George VI as head of state until its transition to a full republic, when the nation adopted the Constitution of India on 26 January 1950 (celebrated as Indian Republic Day ) and replaced the dominion prefix, Dominion of India , with the enactment of the sovereign law Constitution of India . India attained independence following the Independence Movement noted for largely non-violent resistance and civil disobedience . Independence coincided with the partition of India , in which British India ...
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