According to which one of the following plans/reports, the decision with regard to the partition of Punjab and Bengal was to be taken on the basis of voting of the Members of the respective Legislative Assemblies?
- A.Nehru report
- B.Cripps mission plan
- C.Beveridge report
- D.Mountbatten plan
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Explanation
The correct answer is D, Mountbatten plan. The plan of 3 June 1947 provided that the Legislative Assemblies of Punjab and Bengal would meet in two parts, Muslim-majority and non-Muslim-majority districts, and vote on whether the province should be partitioned.
Under the Mountbatten Plan, if either part voted for partition, the province would be divided. Both assemblies did so in June 1947, and the boundaries were then drawn by commissions chaired by Sir Cyril Radcliffe. The plan also provided for a referendum in the North-West Frontier Province and in Sylhet district of Assam, and it brought the date of transfer of power forward to 15 August 1947. The Indian Independence Act of July 1947 gave it legal form.
A is wrong: the Nehru Report of 1928 proposed dominion status and a constitution for a united India; it did not deal with partition.
B is wrong: the Cripps Mission of 1942 offered dominion status after the war and let provinces stay out of the Union, but did not provide for dividing Punjab and Bengal.
C is wrong: the Beveridge Report of 1942 was a British plan for social security, not an Indian constitutional plan.
Exam tip: Mountbatten Plan, 3 June 1947: provincial assemblies vote on partition; referendums in NWFP and Sylhet.
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