1946 Map INDIA BURMA Pakistan Punjab Bengal Madras Hyderabad Sri Lanka Kashmir

Description

Handsome, detailed fold-out 1946 map of the Indian subcontinent, printed one year before the partition of British India, more than 74 years ago.
This map opens up to a generous 63.5 x 76 cm [25" x 30"] and is drawn on a scale of 1:6,000,000.
Details include roads, railroads, oil pipe lines, canals, principal cities, and natural features.
There are insets of Bombay and Calcutta, and the map was published by the National Geographic Society in 1946.
The coverage area includes Afghanistan, present-day Pakistan and Myanmar, and Ceylon (Sri Lanka).
The map offers a fascinating window into the political makeup of this vast region just prior to the Partition, which resulted in the dissolution of the British Indian Empire.
Condition:
This map is in
excellent condition,
bright and clean, with
no
rips, tears, or writing. Please see the scans and feel free to ask any questions.
On the reverse side there is an outline map locating 598 political divisions and subdivisions of India, including Hyderabad, Madras, Mysore, Bihar, Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, Gwalior, Baluchistan, and more.
This is an
original
National Geographic Society map, published as a supplement to the April 1946 issue of
National Geographic Magazine
.
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