On February 20, 1947, British Government declared its intention to quit India by which date?
Q. On February 20, 1947, British Government declared its intention to quit India by which date?
Answer: June, 1948
Notes: On February 20, 1947, British Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced that the British government would grant full self-governance to British India by June 1948 and transfer power to Indian hands by no later than June 1948. This declaration marked the beginning of the end of nearly two hundred years of British rule in India. The announcement came after months of rising political unrest and pressure from Indian nationalist leaders and Britain's post-war exhaustion. After that Lord Mountbatten was appointed the Viceroy of India and he formulated the June 3 plan and declared the partition of British India.

 

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