The post-World War II wave of decolonization

In the decades following World War II, the vast majority of Africa and Asia's colonial territories gained independence, forming dozens of new nations. India and Pakistan became independent from Britain in 1947, in a transition accompanied by mass displacement and significant violence, and 1960 alone saw seventeen African nations gain independence, in what became known as the Year of Africa.

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