The Legislative Assembly of Sind would decide as to whether its constitution should be framed by the existing or a new and separate Constituent Assembly.Ĥ. In case there is partition, there will be a partition of Bengal and the Punjab if the representatives of the non-Muslim majority districts of the two provincial Legislative Assemblies so desire.ģ.
A new Constituent Assembly would be constituted for that purpose.Ģ. If the people of the Muslim majority areas so desire they would be allowed to form a separate dominion. The next day the Viceroy in a Press Conference announced the probable date (15th August) for the transfer of power on the following points:ġ. On the same day the British Prime Minister announced the partition plan in the House of Commons. The bitter experience of working with the Muslim League, the total breakdown of administration and Jinnah’s uncompromising attitude on the issue of partition influenced mostly the Congress to accept the partition.Īfter holding discussions with the Congress and the League members Lord Mountbatten announced the plan on 3rd June, 1947. Nor will I if I can help it allow Congress to accept it.” But ultimately he changed his opinion and with a deep sense of sorrow accepted Mountbatten’s suggestion. So long I am alive I will never agree to the partition of India. He said “If the Congress wishes to accept partition it will be over my dead-body. Gandhiji was vehemently opposed to the partition proposal. Jawaharlal was also own over by Mountbatten. Under this circumstance Sardar Patel agreed to the proposal of Mountbatten because he was convinced that it was not possible to work with the Muslim League. Brutality and human sacrifice had reached beyond limit. India was passing through a moment of terrible crisis of Communal War. With the objectives to persuade the Congress and the League for an acceptable plan, to end the British ion with the Indian princes, to work out the withdrawal of the British and to try to keep India in the Common Wealth of Nations he worked very sincerely. He had talks with the members of the League.
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He held free and frank discussions with Sardar Patel, Maulana Azad, Jawaharlal Nehru, Gandhiji and other prominent leaders. Since the time was very short at his disposal he wanted to prepare for the transfer of power without wasting time. As the last British Viceroy Mountbatten enjoyed enough freedom to solve the problems without interference from home. In a diplomatic way he also tried to make himself very popular among Indians. Shockingly, it wasn’t the first time Prince Charles’ ‘honorary grandfather’ Lord Louis Mountbatten had been an assassination target either.Image source: /var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/images/attualita/tempo-libero/libri/dominique-lapierre-india-mon-amour/gandhi-e-il-vicere-inglese-lord-mountbatten/11110351-1-ita-IT/Gandhi-e-il-vicere-inglese-Lord-Mountbatten.jpg
It's an event Sinn Fein has finally apologised for, 40 years after his death, just days after the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral. To add to the horror of that fateful day on August 27, 1979, 18 British soldiers were also killed just hours later in two bomb explosions near the Irish border - the deadliest day for the British Army during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The only survivors onboard were Nicholas’ twin brother Tim, and their parents John and Patricia - with the latter needing more than 120 stitches to her face and eyeballs, which she later dubbed her ‘IRA facelift’. It ripped the boat apart and killed Prince Philip's uncle Lord Louis Mountbatten, 79 his 14-year-old grandson, Nicholas elderly Dowager Lady Doreen Bradbourne and 15-year-old boat boy Paul Maxwell. 21 Lord Mountbatten and his family fishing from his boat Shadow V in 1970 Credit: Alamy
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