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The Changed Situation 1945–6 The Changed Situation 1945–6
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The INA Trial and the Revolt of the Naval Ratings The INA Trial and the Revolt of the Naval Ratings
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The Cabinet Mission The Cabinet Mission
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‘Direct Action’ ‘Direct Action’
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The Interim Government and the Constituent Assembly The Interim Government and the Constituent Assembly
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Enter Mountbatten Enter Mountbatten
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The June Third Plan The June Third Plan
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The Problem of the States The Problem of the States
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India Wins Freedom India Wins Freedom
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Twelve Chapter Twelve Divided Freedom 1945–1947
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Published:August 1991
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Abstract
This chapter starts with a description of the changed situation in 1945–6; the INA trial and the revolt of the naval ratings; the Cabinet Mission; the ‘Direct Action’ Day; the interim government and the Constituent Assembly; Lord Mountbatten; the June 3rd Plan; the problem of the states; and the granting of the Indian independence. The Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946 was the first British proposal that directly admitted the possibility of independence. This possibility became a reality before two years were over. Few could have believed in 1945 that freedom, so long sought, would come so swiftly. The June 3rd Plan was given legal effect by the Indian Independence Act. The Bill was introduced in the British Parliament on 4 July 1947. It was passed quickly and without amendment. The Act created two independent dominions. India had won her freedom, but the price had been partition.
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