The Partition of India was the process of dividing the subcontinent along sectarian lines, which took place in 1947 as India gained its independence from the British Raj<span>. The northern, predominantly Muslim sections of India became the nation of </span>Pakistan<span>, while the southern and majority Hindu section became the Republic of </span>India<span>.</span>
Brown vs. The Board of Education was a case tried by the Supreme Court from 1952-1954, in which the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Brown, saying that for public schools to separate black and white students was unconstitutional.
After the fall of the Berlin Wall the nation which broke up into many independent states was Yugoslavia. Before the fall of the Berlin Wall, Yugoslavia was just one country in southeastern Europe, but after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the country was divided into different socialist republics being: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia and Serbia.