Mountbatten Plan

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The Mountbatten Plan was the 1947 British proposal that led to the partition of India and the creation of the independent states of India and Pakistan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
partition plan
political plan
alternativeName 3 June Plan
announcedBy Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
announcedOn All India Radio
appliesToTerritory British India
India
Pakistan
approvedBy All-India Muslim League
British government
linked to: UK government

Indian National Congress
Sikh leaders
chronology follows Cabinet Mission Plan
precedes Indian Independence Act 1947
country British Raj
linked to: British India
countryOfProposer United Kingdom
describedIn historical studies of Partition of India
determined accession choice for princely states
partition of Bengal
partition of Punjab
followedBy Indian Independence Act 1947
hasConsequences communal violence during Partition of India
mass migration between India and Pakistan
hasEffect creation of the Dominion of India
creation of the Dominion of Pakistan
end of British rule in India
partition of India
transfer of power from Britain to Indian leaders
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalBasisFor Indian Independence Act 1947
location New Delhi
linked to: New Delhi, India
namedAfter Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
officeHeldByProposer Viceroy of India
opposedBy some Indian leaders
partOf process of Indian independence
pointInTime 1947
3 June 1947
proposedBy Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
relatedTo 3 June Plan
Radcliffe Line
stipulated creation of two dominions within the British Commonwealth
division of assets between India and Pakistan
separate Constituent Assemblies for India and Pakistan
use of boundary commissions to demarcate borders
topic British Empire
South Asian politics
decolonization

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Cabinet Mission negotiations followedBy Mountbatten Plan
Partition of Bengal 1947 hasCause Mountbatten Plan