Qstnid -C-3- The Mountbatten Plan Of June 3, 1947 Was Accepted By All Parties. In This Context, Explain The Clauses Of The Plan As: (A) Clauses Related To Partition. (B) Clauses Related To Constitution. (C) Clauses Related To Territories (D) The Reasons That Made The Congress Accept The Partition Proposals.answer (A) <Ul Style="text-align: Left;"><li>division Of The Country: The Country Would Be Divided Into Two Dominions I.e., India And Pakistan.</li><li>relations Between The Two New Dominions: It Was For The Two Dominions To Decide What Relations They Would Have With The British Commonwealth And With Each Other.</li><li>a Boundary Commission: A Boundary Commission Would Be Set Up To Decide About The Boundary Disputes.</li><li>the Princely States: The Princely States Would Be Free To Choose Their Own Option, (Either Join India Or Pakistan) And Treaties Signed With Them Would Soon Come To An End.</li></ul> (B) The Constituent Assembly: The Existing Constituent Assembly Would Continue To Work, But The Constitution Framed By It Would Not Be Applied To Pakistan. A Separate Constituent Assembly Would Be Constituted For Those Parts Which Decided In Favour Of Partition. (C) <Ul Style="text-align: Left;"><li>bengal And Punjab: The Provinces Of Bengal And Punjab Were Also To Be Divided As Per The Opinion Of Their Respective Legislative Assemblies.</li><li>sindh: The Legislative Assembly Of Sindh Was To Take Its Own Decision At A Special Meeting.</li><li>north-west Frontier Province: A Plebiscite Was To Be Held In The North- West Frontier Province To Ascertain Whether The People Wanted To Join India Or Pakistan.</li><li>the District Of Sylhet: The Muslim Majority District Of Sylhet Was To Decide By Referendum Whether It Would Join East Bengal Or Remain In Assam.</li></ul> (D) <Ul Style="text-align: Left;"><li>non-cooperative Attitude Of The League: The League Had Joined The Interim Government To Obstruct The Working Of The Congress And Not To Cooperate With It.</li><li>communal Riots: The Large Scale Communal Riots That Engulfed The Whole Country Convinced All That The Only Solution To The Communal Problem Lay In The Partition Of India. These Riots Were The Outcome Of 'Direct Action Day' Observed By The League.</li><li>the Country Would Have Witnessed A Brutal Civil War.</li><li>immediate End Of The British Rule: The Mountbatten Plan Announced Transfer Of Power To Take Place Before June 1948. The British Parliament Would Pass An Act For The Transfer Of Power Before August 15, 1947. All The People And Leaders Wanted To Get Rid Of British Rule Immediately And Were Ready To Pay Any Price. Hence, Partition Was A Price For Immediate Independence.</li></ul> - 11: Independence And Partition Of India

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The Mountbatten Plan of June 3, 1947 was accepted by all parties. In this context, explain the clauses of the Plan as: (a) Clauses related to partition. (b) Clauses related to constitution. (c) Clauses related to territories (d) The reasons that made the Congress accept the partition proposals.Answer
(a)

Division of the Country: The country would be divided into two Dominions i.e., India and Pakistan.
Relations between the two new Dominions: It was for the two Dominions to decide what relations they would have with the British Commonwealth and with each other.
A Boundary Commission: A Boundary Commission would be set up to decide about the boundary disputes.
The Princely States: The Princely States would be free to choose their own option, (either join India or Pakistan) and treaties signed with them would soon come to an end.

(b) The Constituent Assembly: The existing Constituent Assembly would continue to work, but the Constitution framed by it would not be applied to Pakistan. A separate Constituent Assembly would be constituted for those parts which decided in favour of partition.
(c)

Bengal and Punjab: The provinces of Bengal and Punjab were also to be divided as per the opinion of their respective Legislative Assemblies.
Sindh: The Legislative Assembly of Sindh was to take its own decision at a special meeting.
North-West Frontier Province: A plebiscite was to be held in the North- West Frontier Province to ascertain whether the people wanted to join India or Pakistan.
The District of Sylhet: The Muslim majority district of Sylhet was to decide by referendum whether it would join East Bengal or remain in Assam.

(d)

Non-Cooperative attitude of the League: The League had joined the Interim Government to obstruct the working of the Congress and not to cooperate with it.
Communal Riots: The large scale communal riots that engulfed the whole country convinced all that the only solution to the communal problem lay in the partition of India. These riots were the outcome of 'Direct Action Day' observed by the League.
The country would have witnessed a brutal civil war.
Immediate end of the British rule: The Mountbatten plan announced transfer of power to take place before June 1948. The British Parliament would pass an Act for the transfer of power before August 15, 1947. All the people and leaders wanted to get rid of British rule immediately and were ready to pay any price. Hence, partition was a price for immediate independence.