Write a short note on Cabinet Mission Plan.
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The British Cabinet Mission of 1946 to India aimed to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Government to Indian leadership, providing India with independence. Formulated at the initiative of Clement Attlee, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the mission consisted of Lord Pethick-Lawrence, the Secretary of State for India, Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade, and A. V. Alexander, the First Lord of the Admiralty. Lord Wavell, the Viceroy of India, did not participate.
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CABINET MISSION IN INDIA
..........Clement Attlee, the new British prime minister, declared in the House of Commons on February 19, 1946, that a cabinet mission would be sent to India to facilitate the process of transfer of power to Indian leadership. The mission's aim would also be to help the Indian leaders decide the former of government that would suit them after the transfer of power .
.........The cabinet mission arrived in India in 1946. it consisted of three cabinet members :
(i) Pethic Lawrence, the secretary of state
(ii) Sir Stafford Cripps, the president of the Board of trade
(iii) A.V.Alexander, the First Lord of Admiralty.
..........Clement Attlee, the new British prime minister, declared in the House of Commons on February 19, 1946, that a cabinet mission would be sent to India to facilitate the process of transfer of power to Indian leadership. The mission's aim would also be to help the Indian leaders decide the former of government that would suit them after the transfer of power .
.........The cabinet mission arrived in India in 1946. it consisted of three cabinet members :
(i) Pethic Lawrence, the secretary of state
(ii) Sir Stafford Cripps, the president of the Board of trade
(iii) A.V.Alexander, the First Lord of Admiralty.
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