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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
In the meantime the Indian Independence Bill was drafted and shown to Indian party leaders and to Gandhi and introduce in the House of Commons by Prime Minster Attlee himself on 4 July. It was passed on 15 July by the Commons and on 16 July by the Lords. There ...
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
By the end of June, the procedure for deciding on the unity or partition of Bengal and the Punjab had been work out, and in each case it had resulted in a decision in favor of “Partition”. In Bengal, the Congress members asked for a preliminary vote of the whole ...
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Sunday, April 6th, 2008
In March 1947, Lord Wavell was recalled and was replaced by Lord Mountbatten as Viceroy of India. His appointment had been greatly welcomed by the Congress and his relations with Nehru were said to be good. When Lord Mountbatten reached India in March, 1947, he found India in a grip ...
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