Referendum in NWFP: A Significant Chapter of Freedom Movement
Keywords:
Lord Mountbatten, June 1947 Plan, ReferendumAbstract
The people of the North West Frontier remained in the forefront of each and every movement launched in the Subcontinent. Although they rallied under the banner of the All India Muslim League in the last leg of the Pakistan Movement, yet they played vital role in the struggle for Pakistan, n these lines, a very significant chapter from the freedom struggle i.e he holding of referendum in NWFP in July 1947 has been discussed.
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Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, comm nly known as Lord Mountbatten, was a British admiral, statesman d the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma. He was the youngest child of Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse and His royal ancestry can be dated back to the Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. He was the last Viceroy of India. The main developments of his viceroy Ity were: (a) Preparation and approval of the 3rd June Plan 1947. (b) Partition of India was recommended in order to satisfy Muslims, (c) The British Parliament passed Indian Independence Act in July 1947 as a resul of which India was divided into two dominions India and Pakistan He became tire fust Governor-General of independent India in 1947. Mountbatten was assassinated on 27 August 1979 by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), (www./thefamouspeople.com/profiles/lord-mountbatten- 15.php accessed on 15 July, 2010. Also see Jagdesfyop.cit, p. 148)
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