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Partition Plan of India 1947

The 3rd June Plan of 1947 was the British plan to partition India into two separate states - India and Pakistan. It established that the two new states would gain independence and dominion status by August 15, 1947. The plan divided British India along religious lines, establishing a Muslim-majority Pakistan and a Hindu-majority India. When announced on June 3rd, 1947, both the Indian National Congress and Muslim League accepted the plan, paving the way for independence and the establishment of two new independent states in South Asia.

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Partition Plan of India 1947

The 3rd June Plan of 1947 was the British plan to partition India into two separate states - India and Pakistan. It established that the two new states would gain independence and dominion status by August 15, 1947. The plan divided British India along religious lines, establishing a Muslim-majority Pakistan and a Hindu-majority India. When announced on June 3rd, 1947, both the Indian National Congress and Muslim League accepted the plan, paving the way for independence and the establishment of two new independent states in South Asia.

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3rd June Plan (1947)

By

Raj Muhammad Khan


M. Phil (Pakistan Studies)
National Institute of Pakistan Studies, (QAU) Islamabad
Introduction
The British government finally decided to divide the country
into two separates states after all the efforts of keeping
Hindus and Muslims together in a single state went in vain.
Lord Ismay, the Chief of Staff of Lord Mountbatten, was
asked to frame the partition plan of India. Though the plan
was deliberately kept secret from the Indians yet Nehru
grabbed the chance of seeing the plan before it was put
before the Indians. The British Government approved the
Plan and sent it to India in May 1947.
Background
With the conclusion of WW II, the British wanted to leave India

as soon as possible. They wanted to transfer powers to locals in


a peaceful manner but the differences between two major
political parties, the Muslim League and Congress, made it
difficult.
British apparently attempted to create a compromise between

both parties but in vain. After failing in their attempts to create


a reconciliation with regard to a united India, the British
announced a plan on 3rd June 1947 to partition India into two
states. Today we know this announcement as the 3rd June
Plan,1947.
The main features of the 3rd June Plan 1947
1. Two States, India and Pakistan, would be created with
the Dominion status on 15 August 1948.

2. The interim constitution of both states would be the


1935 Government of India Act.

3. Each state would have Dominion status and an


Executive answerable to a Constituent Assembly.

4. Muslim majority provinces would be asked whether


they wanted to stay in India or join Pakistan.
The outcome of 3rd June Plan 1947
When on 3rd June 1947, the British announced its plan
to partition India, the local political parties the
Congress, and the league welcomed it. This paved way
for Indian independence and the establishment of two
separate independent states in the Indian subcontinent.
Cont.
To put the third June Plan into effect, the British parliament
passed the Indian Independence Act on 15 July 1947. The Act
stated that on 15 August 1947 British the Indian sub-continent
would be partitioned into two dominion states – India and
Pakistan. Each State would have complete freedom to pass any
law it wished. The Government of India Act would be the
provisional constitution until the states devised their own. On
14 August a new country, Pakistan, came into being. On 15
August India was declared independent.
Significance of 3rd June Plan
The third June plan, 1947 was an official and formal

acceptance of the Partition of the Indian subcontinent


into two independent states of Pakistan and India. The
British and Congress had been opposing the partition
but now they had come to this realization that the only
solution of the Indian subcontinent was the partition
of India
Cont.
The third June plan paved way for the passage of the Indian
Independence Act, 1947 which finally led to the
establishment of one of the Muslim nations on the map of
the world. Today, the announcement has a wide acceptance
as a success of the vision and struggle of Mr. Jinnah and the
league. Throughout the struggle, Quaid-e-Azam remained
steadfast in his demand of Pakistan in the face of the last
Indian viceroy Lord Mount Batten and Congress scramble
to prevent the partition. 
Thank You!

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