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Answer the following question briefly:
With reference to Indian independence, answer the following question: What was the importance of the Mountbatten Plan.
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Solution
Mountbatten announced his plan for the division of British India into India and Pakistan and the transfer of power to the two dominions. The North-West Frontier Province, Sind, Baluchistan, West Punjab, and East Bengal separated from the rest of India to form a new country called Pakistan.
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