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Question
Give the reasons for the Muslim League’s acceptance and later rejection of the Cabinet Mission plan.
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Solution
The League accepted it in its entirety on June 6, 1946, because it felt that the grouping of Muslim majority provinces in a way meant the formation of Pakistan. The league asked Wavell, the Viceroy, to constitute an Interim Government.
Election to the Constituent Assembly were held in July 1946, in which the Congress obtained two-third majority. The Congress had an overwhelming majority in the Constituent Assembly. The League fearer that it would be out votes in the Assembly. It also feared that the British withdrawal from India would mean transfer of power to the Hindus, who were in a majority in India.
RELATED QUESTIONS
The period between 1920 to 1947 was marked with major events and reforms that finally led to us to our independence. In this context, answer the following questions:
Mention any four clauses of the Cabinet Mission Plan.
What was the purpose of the Cabinet Mission?
What was finally accepted in the Cabinet Mission Plan by the Congress?
What was the view of the Congress and Muslim League on the grouping of the provinces as proposed in the Cabinet Mission Plan?
What was mentioned in the Cabinet Mission Plan regarding provincial Autonomy?
Why did the Congress reject the League’s claim of having the exclusive right for nominating members of the Muslim quota in the Interim Government?
Why did the Cabinet Mission Plan reject the demand for Pakistan?
Why the Muslim League earlier rejected and later participated in Interim Government.
Mention any three proposals of the Cabinet Mission.
What was the reactions of the Congress to the Cabinet Mission Plan.
