Question

List the clauses of the Mountbatten plan.

Answer 1

Instructions:Mention the terms of the Mountbatten plan.

Solution:

The clauses of the Mountbatten plan were:

• Sikhs, Hindus, and Muslims in Punjab and Bengal legislative assemblies would meet and vote for partition.
• If the majority of any group wanted partition, then these provinces would be divided.
• Sindh was allowed to make its own decision.
• Whereas, the fate of North West Frontier Province and Sylhet district of Assam was to be decided with the help of a referendum.
• India would be declared independent by 15th August 1947.
• The separate independence of Bengal was decided.
• In case of partition, a boundary commission was to be set up.
• The princely states had the choice to join any one of the unions and they were also allowed to remain independent.