Lord Mountbatten Plan Of 1947

Lord mountbatten came to india as the last viceroy and was assigned the task of a speedy transfer of power by the then british prime minister clement atlee.

Lord mountbatten plan of 1947. The mountbatten plan contained the following points. Before the plan was publicized lord mountbattan had obtained the consent of the congress and sikh leaders and also of mr. The plans main points were. Principle of the partition of british india was accepted by the british government.

It was announced at a press conference by mountbatten on 3 june 1947 when the date of independence 15 august 1947 was also announced. After holding discussions with the congress and the league members lord mountbatten announced the plan on 3rd june 1947. Maulana azad was however vehemently opposed to the plan. Successor governments would be given dominion status.

In may 1947 mountbatten came up with a plan under which he proposed that the provinces be declared independent successor states and then be allowed to choose whether to join the constituent assembly or not. The 3rd june plan. After extensive consultation lord mountbatten put forth the plan of partition of india on 3 june 1947. The june 3 1947 plan was also known as the mountbatten plan.

The actual division of british india between the two new dominions was accomplished according to what has come to be known as the 3 june plan or mountbatten plan. On june 3 1947 immediately after his return to india lord mountbatten announced his plan for solving the present impasse. To solve the political and communal deadlock the mountbatten plan of june 3 1947 laid down detailed measures for the partition of india and the speedy transfer of political power in the form of dominion status to the newly born dominions of india and pakistan. The bitter experience of working with the muslim league the total breakdown of administration and jinnahs uncompromising attitude on the issue of partition influenced mostly the congress to accept the partition.

Patricia knatchbull 2nd countess mountbatten of burma 14 february 1924 13 june 2017 sometime lady in waiting to queen elizabeth ii and lady pamela hicks born 19 april 1929 who accompanied them to india in 19471948 and was also sometime lady in waiting to the queen. Lord and lady mountbatten had two daughters. Lord mountbatten armed with vast powers became indias viceroy on 24 march 1947. The main purpose of the mountbatten plan was the partition of india.

Lord mountbatten worked out a detailed plan for the transfer of power to the indian people the salient features of the mountbatten plan were as follows 1 muslim dominated areas may be separated to form a dominion in that case such a domination would be constituted by a partition of bengal and the punjab.