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Q71 (IAS/1999) History & Culture › National Movement (1857–1947) › Constitutional plans and missions Answer Verified

“It made its proposals in May. It still wanted a united India. There was to be a Federal Union composed of British provinces.” The above quotation is related to

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The quotation refers to the Cabinet Mission Plan of May 1946. The Mission published its proposals on 16 May 1946 and sought to preserve a united India rather than immediate partition, while proposing a federal arrangement to accommodate communal differences. The Plan envisaged a three-tier federation with a limited central government responsible only for defence, foreign affairs and communications, and provinces grouped into major regional clusters — effectively a Federal Union composed of British provinces [1]. Earlier proposals (e.g., Cripps) differed in emphasis, but the Cabinet Mission specifically combined the goal of unity with a federal structure limited to union subjects as cited above [1].

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  1. [1] History , class XII (Tamilnadu state board 2024 ed.) > Chapter 6: Communalism in Nationalist Politics > 6.6 Direct Action Day > p. 80
  2. [2] Introduction to the Constitution of India, D. D. Basu (26th ed.). > Chapter 4: OUTSTANDING FEATURES OF OUR CONSTITUTION > Incidents of Paramountey. > p. 51
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