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On 3 June 1947, the plan to partition India known as the ______ came into existence.

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India-Pakistan Plan
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Mountbatten Plan
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Commonwealth Partition Plan
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Nehru-Mountbatten Plan
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Solution

The correct option is B Mountbatten Plan
After various discussions, on June 3, 1947, Mountbatten decided to plan the partition of India, known as the "Mountbatten Plan". Both the Congress and the Muslims League accepted this plan. According to the Mountbatten Plan, the country would be divided into Hindu India and Muslim East Pakistan, which we now call Bangladesh, and West Pakistan.

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