Summary

● Attlee’s Statement (February 20, 1947)

June 30, 1948 as deadline for transfer of power

Power may be transferred to one centre or in some areas to existing provincial governments

● Mountbatten Plan June 3, 1947

Punjab and Bengal Assemblies to take decision on partition. Sindh to take its own decision

Referendum to be held in NWFP and Sylhet district

Two dominions to be created if partition is to take place, with two Constituent Assemblies

Freedom to be granted on August 15, 1947

● July 18, 1947

The Indian Independence Act 1947 got royal assent, and it was implemented on August 15, 1947

● Why partition was seen to be inevitable