League when the former nominated a Muslim member. The League argued it was to be the sole representative of the Muslims and withdrew its approval. Jinnah declared August as the ‘Direct Action Day’. Hartals and demonstrations took place which soon turned into Hindu-Muslim conflict.
It spread to other districts of Bengal. The district of Noakhali was the worst affected. (e) Mountbatten Plan The interim government headed by Jawaharlal Nehru was formed in September . After some hesitation the Muslim League joined it in October .
Its representative Liaqat Ali Khan was made the Finance Member. In February , Clement Atlee declared that power would be transferred by June . Lord Mountbatten was sent as Viceroy to India with the specific task of transfer of power. On June the Mountbatten Plan was announced.
It proposed: Power would be transferred on the basis of dominion status to India and Pakistan. Princely states would have to join either India or Pakistan. Boundary commission was to be set up under Radcliffe and the award would be announced after the transfer of power. Nationalism: Gandhian Phase Punjab and Bengal Legislative Assemblies would vote on whether they should be partitioned.
(f) Independence and Partition The Mountbatten Plan was given effect by the enactment of the Indian Independence Act on July by the British Parliament. The Act abolished the sovereignty of the British Parliament over India. India was partitioned into two dominions – India and Pakistan. On August India won independence.
Arrival of refugees in the wake of Partition SUMMARY Gandhiji’s experiments with truth, ahimsa and satyagraha in South Africa and his evolution as a mass leader are explained. His call for Non-Cooperation, Civil Disobedience and Quit India Movements and the fallout of these mass struggles in the form of legislation such as Government of India Act, and Government of India Act, and Independence Act, are detailed. Role played by Socialists and Communists and Revolutionaries represented by Bhagat Singh, Subhas Chandra Bose and outcome of