Question

Discuss the Mountbatten Plan.

Answer 1

Instruction: Talk about the following:

• The background of the Mountbatten Plan
• The provisions of the plan

Solution: In February 1947, Clement Atlee declared that power would be transferred by June 1948. Lord Mountbatten was sent as Viceroy to India with the specific task of transfer of power. power. On 3 June 1947 the Mountbatten Plan was announced. It proposed the following:

• Power would be transferred on the basis of dominion status to India and Pakistan.
• Princely states would have to join either India or Pakistan.
• Boundary commission was to be set up under Radcliffe Brown and the award would be announced after the transfer of power.
• Punjab and Bengal Legislative Assemblies would vote on whether they should be partitioned.