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The plan to partition India was called the ______.

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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 3 June 1947, Mountbatten decided to plan the partition of India. This was known as the "Mountbatten Plan". Both the Congress leaders and the Muslim League accepted it. According to the Mountbatten Plan, the country would be divided into Hindu India and Muslim East Pakistan, now Bangladesh, and West Pakistan.

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