Upon independence from Britain the country was to be divided to create Pakistan, a Muslim nation.
Rebel groups have been fighting for Kashmir's independence from India or merger with Pakistan since 1989.
The country has been hit by numerous conflicts since it gained independence from Belgium in 1960.
The Dominican Republic gained its independence from Haiti in 1844, after Haiti occupied it.
"With it, New England declared its independence from the Church of England, " he added.
Aung San played an instrumental role in bringing about the country's independence from British colonial rule.
The nuclear-armed rivals have fought three major wars since they achieved independence from Britain in 1947.
Lawyers, meanwhile, scoffed at his vigorous declarations of independence from BP, which he still makes.
Its future is still uncertain, although it is debating the possibility of independence from Chile.
For decades, Kurds fought for independence from Saddam Hussein's government and paid harshly for it.
Having loudly proclaimed independence from the outside world, concessions to pressure now look like failure.
But the party - which opposed Bangladesh's independence from Pakistan - denies the charges.
President Nazarbayev has led Kazakhstan since its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
Kenya's struggle for independence from British colonial rule centred on the fight for land.
Today he is hailed by many as the man who delivered independence from Serbia.
He also built Letterpress with a new intent: independence from software owned by other companies.
Coups and coup attempts are common in Guinea-Bissau since it won independence from Portugal in 1974.
Remember all that talk about the importance of energy security and independence from foreign oil?
She will become the first woman to lead Slovenia since its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991.
Opinion polls consistently show that only a tiny minority of Corsicans want independence from France.
ZANU-PF, the party that has ruled the country since it gained independence from Britain in 1980.
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Many ethnic armies in Burma are battling SLORC for their independence from bases in that area.
Friday's election was only Angola's third since it gained independence from Portugal in 1975.
Slovenia, along with Croatia, was the first republic to proclaim independence from Yugoslavia in 1991.
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It has a tradition of mutualism, and many Labour-voting public-sector workers crave independence from central targets.
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It may one day experience a domestic backlash from its support for Kosovar independence from Serbia.
Ajit Pawar resigned partly to show independence from his uncle, the ageing NCP strongman, Sharad Pawar.
Tensions have run high in Macedonia since it won independence from Yugoslavia in 1991.
The commission's independence from the Council is at the heart of the current balance of powers.
But Kosovo, which declared independence from Serbia in 2008, has got in the way.
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