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Towards independence, 1945–1949

Towards independence, 1945–1949 for UPSC Prelims and Mains, taught in 2 parts. Each part has tables, exam traps, a recap and practice questions, and every paragraph is explained in Kannada.

Quick recap: Quick recap: towards independence 1945–1949 on one page

Both parts of the chapter condensed for quick revision: the Wavell Plan and Simla, the elections of 1945–46, the Cabinet Mission plan and the Constituent Assembly, Direct Action Day and the Interim Government, Attlee's deadline, the Mountbatten Plan, the Indian Independence Act, the Radcliffe awards and the integration of the princely states.

Parts of this chapter

Part 1

The Wavell Plan and the Cabinet Mission, 1945–1947

The Wavell Plan and the failed Simla Conference, the Labour government and the elections of 1945–46, the Cabinet Mission and its three-tier plan of 16 May 1946, the make-up and election of the Constituent Assembly, the quarrel over grouping and Direct Action Day, the Interim Government, the first sitting of the Constituent Assembly and Attlee's deadline of February 1947. Part 2

The Mountbatten Plan, independence and the princely states, 1947–1949

Why the Congress came to accept partition, the 3 June Plan and how each region decided, the Indian Independence Act 1947 and the Governors-General, the Radcliffe awards and the violence of partition, and the integration of the princely states: the Instrument of Accession, Junagadh, Hyderabad, Kashmir and the merger of the smaller states.

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