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The "Break down plan" in 1946 for the transfer of power to India was proposed by:

  1. A
    Winston Churchill
  2. B
    Viceroy Lord Wavell
  3. C
    Lord Mountbatten
  4. D
    Clement Attlee

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The Breakdown Plan was formulated and proposed by Viceroy Lord Wavell in 1946. It envisioned a phased, strategic withdrawal of British military and administrative machinery to the northern, Muslim-majority provinces in the event of a total constitutional deadlock between native political parties.

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The "Break down plan" in 1946 for the transfer of power to India was proposed by:
A
Winston Churchill
B
Viceroy Lord Wavell
C
Lord Mountbatten
D
Clement Attlee

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