Independence & Partition · 3 June 1947
Mountbatten Plan
Lord Mountbatten announced that British India would be split into India and Pakistan, with Punjab and Bengal divided. The handover was brought forward to August 1947.
Causes
- Congress–League deadlock
- Spreading communal violence
- Britain's decision to leave by June 1948
Consequences
- Indian Independence Act passed on 18 July 1947
- Radcliffe Line drawn in about five weeks
- Princely states asked to join India or Pakistan
Significance
The final blueprint for freedom and Partition.
People
Sources
- Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, From Plassey to Partition (Orient BlackSwan, 2004)
- Bipan Chandra et al., India's Struggle for Independence (Penguin, 1988)