The Mountbatten Plan: How June 3 sealed the Partition of India
On June 3, 1947, the British government unveiled a proposal for dividing colonial India, a plan later known as the Mountbatten Plan. The name derived from the Viceroy of the time, this plan culminated in the Indian Independence Act of 1947, officially ending British rule. This Act, signed by the British Parliament, set August 15, 1947, as the date for power transfer. This decision led to one of the most violent partitions in history, causing communal riots and displacing millions.
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