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ICSE-X-History

11: Independence and Partition of India

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  • #2
    The Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946 tried to please both the Congress and the League. In this context, answer the following: (a) Why did the League earlier accept and later reject the proposals of the Cabinet Mission? (b) The partial acceptance of the Cabinet Mission Plan by the Congress. (c) Cabinet Mission Plan was accepted by the Muslim League in entirety.
    What were the reactions of the Congress and the Muslim League to Cabinet Mission Plan? (a) Why did the League earlier accept and later reject the proposals of the Cabinet Mission? (b) The partial acceptance of the Cabinet Mission Plan by the Congress. (c) Cabinet Mission Plan was accepted by the Muslim League in entirety.
    What were the reactions of the Congress and the Muslim League to Cabinet Mission Plan? (a) Why did the League earlier accept and later reject the proposals of the Cabinet Mission? (b) The partial acceptance of the Cabinet Mission Plan by the Congress. (c) Cabinet Mission Plan was accepted by the Muslim League in entirety.
    What were the reactions of the Congress and the Muslim League to Cabinet Mission Plan?
    Ans : (a) The League had accepted the Plan because it felt that the grouping of Muslim-majority provinces in a way meant the formation of Pakistan. Later the Muslim League passed a resolution on July 29th, 1946 withdrawing its acceptance of the Cabinet Mission Plan because:
    • The League could win only 73 seats. It feared that it would be over dominated by the Congress.
    • It also feared that British withdrawal from India would mean transfer of power to Hindus.
    (b) The Congress accepted the proposals with reservations.
    • It accepted only that part of the scheme which dealt with the Constitution making. It considered the Constituent Assembly as a sovereign body for drafting the Constitution.
    • The Congress wanted the grouping of the Provinces as optional and not compulsory. The Cabinet Mission accepted the complete freedom of the Constituent Assembly to frame the Constitution, but insisted on the compulsory grouping of the Provinces.
    • The Congress however, rejected the Viceroy's offer to form an Interim Government because of its limited status and powers.
    • The principle of parity with Muslim League was not acceptable to it. It was also opposed to the League's claim that it alone had the right to nominate all the Muslim members to the Executive Council.
    (c) The League accepted it in its entirety in June 1946 because it felt that the grouping of Muslim majority Provinces in a way meant the formation of Pakistan. The League asked Wavell, the Viceroy, to constitute an Interim Government. (a) The League had accepted the Plan because it felt that the grouping of Muslim-majority provinces in a way meant the formation of Pakistan. Later the Muslim League passed a resolution on July 29th, 1946 withdrawing its acceptance of the Cabinet Mission Plan because:
    • The League could win only 73 seats. It feared that it would be over dominated by the Congress.
    • It also feared that British withdrawal from India would mean transfer of power to Hindus.
    (b) The Congress accepted the proposals with reservations.
    • It accepted only that part of the scheme which dealt with the Constitution making. It considered the Constituent Assembly as a sovereign body for drafting the Constitution.
    • The Congress wanted the grouping of the Provinces as optional and not compulsory. The Cabinet Mission accepted the complete freedom of the Constituent Assembly to frame the Constitution, but insisted on the compulsory grouping of the Provinces.
    • The Congress however, rejected the Viceroy's offer to form an Interim Government because of its limited status and powers.
    • The principle of parity with Muslim League was not acceptable to it. It was also opposed to the League's claim that it alone had the right to nominate all the Muslim members to the Executive Council.
    (c) The League accepted it in its entirety in June 1946 because it felt that the grouping of Muslim majority Provinces in a way meant the formation of Pakistan. The League asked Wavell, the Viceroy, to constitute an Interim Government. (a) The League had accepted the Plan because it felt that the grouping of Muslim-majority provinces in a way meant the formation of Pakistan. Later the Muslim League passed a resolution on July 29th, 1946 withdrawing its acceptance of the Cabinet Mission Plan because:
    • The League could win only 73 seats. It feared that it would be over dominated by the Congress.
    • It also feared that British withdrawal from India would mean transfer of power to Hindus.
    (b) The Congress accepted the proposals with reservations.
    • It accepted only that part of the scheme which dealt with the Constitution making. It considered the Constituent Assembly as a sovereign body for drafting the Constitution.
    • The Congress wanted the grouping of the Provinces as optional and not compulsory. The Cabinet Mission accepted the complete freedom of the Constituent Assembly to frame the Constitution, but insisted on the compulsory grouping of the Provinces.
    • The Congress however, rejected the Viceroy's offer to form an Interim Government because of its limited status and powers.
    • The principle of parity with Muslim League was not acceptable to it. It was also opposed to the League's claim that it alone had the right to nominate all the Muslim members to the Executive Council.
    (c) The League accepted it in its entirety in June 1946 because it felt that the grouping of Muslim majority Provinces in a way meant the formation of Pakistan. The League asked Wavell, the Viceroy, to constitute an Interim Government.
  • #2-a
    Why did the League earlier accept and later reject the proposals of the Cabinet Mission?
    Ans : The League had accepted the Plan because it felt that the grouping of Muslim-majority provinces in a way meant the formation of Pakistan. Later the Muslim League passed a resolution on July 29th, 1946 withdrawing its acceptance of the Cabinet Mission Plan because:
    • The League could win only 73 seats. It feared that it would be over dominated by the Congress.
    • It also feared that British withdrawal from India would mean transfer of power to Hindus.
  • #2-b
    The partial acceptance of the Cabinet Mission Plan by the Congress.
    Ans : The Congress accepted the proposals with reservations.
    • It accepted only that part of the scheme which dealt with the Constitution making. It considered the Constituent Assembly as a sovereign body for drafting the Constitution.
    • The Congress wanted the grouping of the Provinces as optional and not compulsory. The Cabinet Mission accepted the complete freedom of the Constituent Assembly to frame the Constitution, but insisted on the compulsory grouping of the Provinces.
    • The Congress however, rejected the Viceroy's offer to form an Interim Government because of its limited status and powers.
    • The principle of parity with Muslim League was not acceptable to it. It was also opposed to the League's claim that it alone had the right to nominate all the Muslim members to the Executive Council.
  • #2-c
    Cabinet Mission Plan was accepted by the Muslim League in entirety.
    What were the reactions of the Congress and the Muslim League to Cabinet Mission Plan?
    Ans : The League accepted it in its entirety in June 1946 because it felt that the grouping of Muslim majority Provinces in a way meant the formation of Pakistan. The League asked Wavell, the Viceroy, to constitute an Interim Government.