{
  "id": 545306,
  "title": "The World War 2 link that decided August 15 as India's independence date — and the astrologer who tried to stop it",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/the-world-war-2-link-that-decided-august-15-as-indias-independence",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T06:39:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/ht-explainers/independence-day-2026-india-august-15-1947-date-lord-louis-mountbatten-india-pakistan-partition-british-colonial-rule-101786309391473.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Britain had set June 1948 as its exit date. Mountbatten pulled it forward to a day that marked a wartime triumph, even as an astrologer warned of a curse.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}