King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_VI" id="mw8g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="George VI">George VI</a> formally gives up the title "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_of_India" id="mw8w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Emperor of India">Emperor of India</a>", half a year after Britain actually gave up its rule of India.<sup about="#mwt77" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"}}' id="cite_ref-12" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./June_22#cite_note-12" id="mw9A" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 12;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw9Q">[12]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"><i id="mwBx4"><a href="./Indian_Independence_Act_1947" id="mwBx8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Indian Independence Act 1947">Indian Independence Act 1947</a></i> (10 &amp; 11 Geo. 6. c. 30)</span>