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Lord Mountbatten’s Declaration on the Freedom of India and its partition is known as

Solve this multiple-choice question and check the correct answer with its explanation below.

Answer options

  1. The August Plan
  2. The June 3rd Plan
  3. The June 2nd Plan
  4. The partition Plan

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: The June 3rd Plan

Explanation: The correct answer is B. The June 3rd Plan. The June 3rd Plan, also known as the Mountbatten Plan, was announced on 3rd June 1947 by Lord Louis Mountbatten, the last British Viceroy of India. This plan laid the foundation for India’s independence and the partition of British India into two separate dominions- India and Pakistan.