“Indian Independence Act, 1947.
CHAPTER 30
BE it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :- 1.-(i) As from the fifteenth day of August, nineteen hundred The new and forty-seven, two independent Dominions shall be set up in Dominions. India, to be known respectively as India and Pakistan. (2) The said Dominions are hereafter in this Act referred to as the new Dominions ", and the said fifteenth day of August is hereafter in this Act referred to as " the appointed day ". “
The above are the excerpts from the Indian Independence Act 1947 passed by British Parliament. As per the historical facts, the legislation was formulated by the government of Prime Minister Clement Attlee and the Governor General of India Lord Mountbatten, after representatives of the Indian National Congress, the Muslim League, and the Sikh community came to an agreement with the Viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten of Burma, on what has come to be known as the 3 June Plan or Mountbatten Plan. This plan was the last plan for independence.
This act highlights a fact that as per British government, India and Pakistan are the two Dominions of Britain. It is also said that as per the Transfer of Power Agreement with British, India is on lease for 99 years which means has not severed links with British. It is also said that the transfer of power act has certain financial and other obligation imposed on India which India has to abide. The transfer of power agreement is said to be a secret document.
This raises questions in mind!
Are we really free, independent and sovereign nation?
The full facts must come out in public.
CHAPTER 30
BE it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :- 1.-(i) As from the fifteenth day of August, nineteen hundred The new and forty-seven, two independent Dominions shall be set up in Dominions. India, to be known respectively as India and Pakistan. (2) The said Dominions are hereafter in this Act referred to as the new Dominions ", and the said fifteenth day of August is hereafter in this Act referred to as " the appointed day ". “
The above are the excerpts from the Indian Independence Act 1947 passed by British Parliament. As per the historical facts, the legislation was formulated by the government of Prime Minister Clement Attlee and the Governor General of India Lord Mountbatten, after representatives of the Indian National Congress, the Muslim League, and the Sikh community came to an agreement with the Viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten of Burma, on what has come to be known as the 3 June Plan or Mountbatten Plan. This plan was the last plan for independence.
This act highlights a fact that as per British government, India and Pakistan are the two Dominions of Britain. It is also said that as per the Transfer of Power Agreement with British, India is on lease for 99 years which means has not severed links with British. It is also said that the transfer of power act has certain financial and other obligation imposed on India which India has to abide. The transfer of power agreement is said to be a secret document.
This raises questions in mind!
Are we really free, independent and sovereign nation?
The full facts must come out in public.
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