Independence & Partition · March–June 1946
Cabinet Mission
Three British ministers proposed a loose federal India with grouped provinces. The plan collapsed amid Congress–League disagreement.
Causes
- Labour government's decision to transfer power
- Need for a constitutional settlement
Consequences
- Constituent Assembly formed
- Muslim League's Direct Action Day (16 August 1946)
Significance
The last real attempt to keep India united.
People
Sources
- Bipan Chandra et al., India's Struggle for Independence (Penguin, 1988)
- Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, From Plassey to Partition (Orient BlackSwan, 2004)