Question

With reference to the transfer of power to India, answer the following :
Mention any two clauses of the India Independence Act 1947.

Answer 1

INDIAN INDEPENDENCE ACT 1947

The Indian Independence Act was based upon Mountbatten plan of 3rd June 1947 andwas passed by British Parliament on 5th July 1947. It received royal assent on 18th July 1947. The salient features of this act were:

1. The partition of the country into India and Pakistan would come into effect from 15 August 1947.

2. The British Government would transfer all powers to these two Dominions.

3. A Boundary Commission would demarcate the boundaries of the provinces of the Punjab and Bengal.

4. The Act provided for the transfer of power to the Constituent Assemblies of the two Dominions, which will have full authority to frame their respective Constitutions.