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Explanation

Lord Mountbatten, the last British Governor General of India, prepared and presented the Mountbatten Plan in 1947.

This plan led to the partition of India and the creation of Pakistan.

Explanation

After the 1857 War of Independence, the British adopted a brutal policy of repression, executing and punishing countless Indians.

In some instances, 100 Indians were killed in retaliation for the death of a single British soldier, highlighting the severity of British vengeance.

Explanation

Ø  On the visiting His Majesty King George V to Indo-Pakistan and holding of Darbar at Delhi on 12th December 1911 the partition of Bengal was cancelled.

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Ø  Partition of Bangal Announced on 19 July 1905 by Lord Curzon for Administrative requirements

Ø  Congress protest against Partition of Bangal

Explanation

The British Crown assumed direct control over India in 1858, following the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

It is also known as the Sepoy Mutiny.

This marked the end of the East India Company's rule and the beginning of the British Raj, which lasted until India gained independence in 1947.

The British ruled India directly for 90 years, from 1858 to 1947.

Explanation

The capital of British India was transferred from Calcutta (now Kolkata) to Delhi in the year 1911.

The announcement to shift the capital was made during the Delhi Durbar  held in December 1911 to commemorate the coronation of King George V.

The new capital in Delhi was known as New Delhi and was designed by the architect Edwin Lutyens.

It became the center of British colonial administration in India.

Explanation

Cabinet Mission was sent to India in February 1946.

They arrived in India on March 24, 1946.

The Cabinet Mission Plan was announced on May 16, 1946.

The plan was created by the Cabinet Mission, which was sent to India by British Prime Minister Clement Attlee to discuss transferring power from the British to the Indians.

The mission's members (3) were Lord Pethick-Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps, and A. V. Alexander. 

Explanation

Lord Curzon divided Bengal into two provinces on 16-10-1905

on October 16, 1905, by Lord Curzon, the British colonial administrator of India at the time

The partition of Bengal was the most important event during the rule of Lord Curzon

The province was divided into West Bengal, which had a majority of Hindus,

and East Bengal, which had a majority of Muslims

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Explanation

In 1930, the Commission published its two-volume report, also known as the Simon Report.

·        The Indian Statutory Commission also known as Simon Commission,

·        was a group of seven Members of Parliament

·        under the chairmanship of Sir John Simon.

·        The commission arrived in India in 1928

·        to study constitutional reform in Britain's largest and most important possession.

Simon Commission wanted to check the working of Government of India Act, 1919.

Explanation

The Muslim majority areas of Gurdaspur and Pathankot were handed over to India because they provided a road link from India to the Kashmir valley.

This strategic consideration outweighed other factors, resulting in the allocation of these areas to India despite their Muslim majority population.

Explanation

The East India Company was an English company formed for the exploitation of trade with East and Southeast Asia and India.

The East India Company was an English, and later British, joint-stock company.

East India Company was established on December 31, 1600.