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class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was launched to mitigate the influence of wartime misinformation from <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fascist_Italy" title="Fascist Italy">Fascist Italy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-routledge_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-routledge-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the <a href="/wiki/Independence_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Independence of India">independence of India</a> in 1947, the service was split into two separate entities: the Indian service for Hindi speakers, and the Pakistani service for Urdu speakers.<sup id="cite_ref-routledge_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-routledge-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1967, Pakistan Service was renamed as the Urdu Service to better serve Urdu-speaking audiences in <a 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