Indian Independence Medal
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The Indian Independence Medal was instituted by George VI in 1949 as a commemorative medal. It was used to reward British military personnel for their contribution after the independence of the Dominion
India
in August 1947.
Dominion
A dominion, often Dominion, refers to one of a group of autonomous polities that were nominally under British sovereignty, constituting the British Empire and British Commonwealth, beginning in the latter part of the 19th century. They have included Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Newfoundland,...
India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
in August 1947.