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When did the islands of Lakshadweep become part of independent India?
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Lakshadweep
Beach on Bangaram Island, Lakshadweep.
Sovereignty over the islands of Lakshadweep was transferred to India upon the country's independence in 1947. Subsequently, the islands were constituted as a union territory in 1956.12