With reference to the transfer of power to India, answer the following :
Explain the cabinet Mission's proposal regarding the setting up of a Constitution making body.
A constituent assembly would frame the Union Constitution. It was to consist of 385 members, the provinces were to elect 292 members, whereas princely states were allocated 93 seats. After a preliminary meeting, the constituent Assembly was to split into three sections. Members of all the three groups would frame provincial constitutions for the provinces included in each group. Thus the Cabinet mission proposed a federal union with three tiers: the provinces, the regional groups of provinces and a union centre.
What were the two proposals related to the Princely States in the Mountbatten Plan?
Name the three members of the Cabinet Mission.
With reference to the transfer of power to India, answer the following :
Mention any two clauses of the Indian Independence Act 1947.
With reference to the transfer of power to India, answer the following :
Why did the Congress accept the Mountbatten Plan ?
