3rd June Plan Or MountBatten Plan

3rd June Plan Or MountBatten Plan

History:

The government announced the 3rd June Plan in which it was decided to partition of the sub-continent. Punjab & Bengal were to be divided on the basis of Muslim majority and Hindus majority areas.

MountBatten Appointment:

The Muslim league the interim government but did not participate in the constitution making process . Therefore the dream of making a constitution could be realized. The whole system was suspended. The venture of wavell & Gandhi miserably failed. The whoe process of transfer of power were conducted by viceroy lord Mountbatten.

Meeting With Political Leaders:

After taking the charge, the viceroy started meeting with political parties ,but Quaid totally refused all the plane because he clear-cut demand for separate nation and want separation according to majority commented area.

    The Lord Mount prepared to leave the subcontinent.

3rd June Plan Importance:

In 3rd June 1947 was an elaborate one. It cover the whole sub-continent. The government took final decision to divide it into 2 independent states & the principal of the partition was accepted. There are 635 states in the sub continent. Nawab and Raja's ruling over their areas and people with internal sovereignty and external were ruled by British government. Therefore there all states hare full power to choose what ever they want India or Pakistan 

1. Non-Muslim Majority Provinces

                           CP ,UP , Orissa , Bombay, Madras & Bihar were non-Muslim majority provinces. All there provinces were to be included in Bharat.

      2. Province Of Punjab

                         The decision was taken to divide Punjab Province into two parts. Muslim majority area go to pakistan & Hindu majority area go to India. A Commission was created to draw the line of demonstration between Pakistani Punjab & Bharati Punjab

      3. Province of Bengal

                         The principle approved for Punjab same as approved for Bengal. The province can be divided in East & West. East have Muslims and west have Hindus because of this East belong to pakistan & west belong to India.

     4. Province Of Sindh

                     The member of the sindh provincial Assembly got the right to join Pakistan or India by a majority vote.

     5. Province Of Baluchistan  

                     The future of Baluchistan will be decided the member of  Municipal  committee  & "Shahi jirga" .whether they want to join Pakistan or India.

    6. Province of Assam

                    Sylhet was one of the districts of Assam. A very large majority of the district was Muslim. The people living in the District, Sylhet had to decide their own future through a referendum. They had to option either with Pakistan or India. 

   7. Province of N.W.F.P

                 The people of NWFP (Sarhad) had to decide their fate by referendum. They could join what ever they want . 

      Conclusion:

                 The british government got the approval of parliament on 18th July 1947 to divide the sub continent into the two countries. The law was formulating in the light of the 3rd June plan. pakistan got the independent sovereign status on 14th august 1947 and Bharat on 15th august 1947.