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Revision note: Towards Freedom and Partition: Wavell Plan, Cabinet Mission, Mountbatten Plan and Independence (1945–1947)

  • Wavell Plan, Simla Conference June–July 1945: failed over League's claim on Muslim nominations
  • INA trials (Shah Nawaz, Sehgal, Dhillon) 1945; RIN mutiny 18 Feb 1946 (HMIS Talwar, Bombay); Tebhaga 1946
  • 1945–46 elections: League ~90% Muslim seats
  • Cabinet Mission 16 May 1946: weak Union, groups A/B/C, CA 389 members; League withdrew July 1946
  • Direct Action 16 Aug 1946 (Calcutta killings); interim govt 2 Sep 1946 (Nehru); CA first met 9 Dec 1946
  • Attlee 20 Feb 1947 (leave by June 1948); Mountbatten Plan 3 June 1947; Independence Act 18 July 1947
  • Independence 15 Aug 1947; Radcliffe Award 17 Aug 1947; 10–15 million displaced
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