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Describe the features of the Mountbatten plan. |
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Answer» The British government published the Mount batten plan of partitioning India on June 3, 1947. The following were its main features. 1. India was to be partitioned into two parts – Union of India and Pakistan. 2. The constitution passed by the constituent Assembly would not be implemented : in those regions where it was not acceptable. 3. The determination of the boundaries of Punjab and Bengal would be done before the partition of India. The members of provincial assemblies of the Hindu majority regions of Punjab and Bengal and the members of provincial assemblies of Muslim majority regions would be called separately for conferences. 4. It would be decided by plebiscite in North – West frontiers province and Assam with whom the people wanted to be included. It would be decided by the voting with whom it will stay. 5. The native princely states would have the right to decide with whom they wanted to be included. |
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