London, July 19 -- The House of Lords has approved the India Independence Bill, which will grant full independence on August 15 to the two new dominions of India and Pakistan. The Bill now only awaits the formal Royal Assent on Friday to become law, in what is expected to be a formality. The Bill proposes the formation of the two independent dominions, the partition of the Bengal and Punjab provinces between the new nations, the transfer of legislative powers to the respective constituent assemblies of the countries as well as surrender of British control over the princely states. The proposed legislation is a modification of the plan laid down by Lord Mountbatten, the Viceroy of India, in June. The measure, rushed through all its stages in...