India was a dominion from 1947 to 1950, when our Constitution came into force. By the declaration in the Indian Constitution, India is a completely sovereign state and has no allegiance whatsoever with England and her Queen. As soon as the representatives of a group of people declare themselves to be sovereign, the state is considered to be completely independent. At this point, what Britain considered India to be was not binding on the international community. However, Britain too had accepted India’s sovereign status and there should be no reason to question India’s sovereign status now.
India was a dominion from 1947 to 1950, when our Constitution came into force. By the declaration in the Indian Constitution, India is a completely sovereign state and has no allegiance whatsoever with England and her Queen. As soon as the representatives of a group of people declare themselves to be sovereign, the state is considered to be completely independent. At this point, what Britain considered India to be was not binding on the international community. However, Britain too had accepted India’s sovereign status and there should be no reason to question India’s sovereign status now.