Consider the following statements regarding the Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946: 1. It rejected the demand for the creation of a sovereign Pakistan, proposing instead a loose three-tier federal union with provincial grouping options. 2. It recommended the immediate formation of an interim government drawn from major political parties to manage the administrative transition. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

💡 Solution & Explanation

Both statements are correct as the Cabinet Mission dispatched by Prime Minister Clement Attlee in 1946 evaluated political demands and dismissed a sovereign Pakistan, formulating a decentralized federation with compulsory provincial grouping structures. It also facilitated the formation of an interim government headed by Jawaharlal Nehru while laying down the procedural mechanism for a Constituent Assembly. Initial acceptance by political factions eventually gave way to disagreements over grouping interpretations. This impasse preceded the Mountbatten Plan and subsequent partition.