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The partition, with power transferred to Pakistan and India on 14–15 August 1947, was done according to what has come to be known as the 3 June Plan, or the Mountbatten Plan. Indian independence, on 15 August 1947, ended over 150 years of British rule and influence in the Indian subcontinent .
The Indian Independence Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6.c. 30) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that established an independent dominion of India while also partitioned it into independent states of Dominion of Pakistan, Dominion of Ceylon and State of Burma.
On 2 June, Mountbatten presented his famous 3rd June Plan for the partition of British India, which included a provision for the referendum in the North-West Frontier Province. The All-India Muslim League and the Indian National Congress accepted the plan, but Abdul Ghaffar Khan , his Khudai Khidmatgar movement, and the All India Azad Muslim ...
The Free State of Bengal would decide it relations with the rest of India. [ 17 ] The Constitution of the Free State of Bengal would provide for election to the Bengal Legislature on the basis of a joint electorate and adult franchise, with reservation of seats proportionate to the population among Hindus and Muslims.
Mountbatten with a countdown calendar for the transfer of power in the background. At a press conference on 3 June 1947, Lord Mountbatten announced the date of independence – 14 August 1947 – and also outlined the actual division of British India between the two new dominions in what became known as the "Mountbatten Plan" or the "3 June Plan".
The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma (21 February 1947 – 14 August 1950) Commander-in-Chief: Sir Claude Auchinleck: Vice President of the Executive Council External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations Jawaharlal Nehru: Indian National Congress: Home Affairs Information and Broadcasting Vallabhbhai Patel: Indian National Congress: Agriculture and Food
The Crown season 3 shows Lord Mountbatten (or "Uncle Dickie") plan a coup to unseat Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Here's the true story behind the TV show.
On 1 November 1947, Louis Mountbatten left for Pakistan to begin talks between the Governors-General of India and Pakistan over the issue of Kashmir. [6] The talks lasted for three-and-a-half hours, where Mountbatten offered to Jinnah that India would hold a plebiscite in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, provided that Pakistan withdrew its military support for the Azad Kashmir forces and their ...