| Mountbatten hastened to England, and an elaborate plan for partition was drafted before his return to India in May 1947. His proclamation, which was announced on 3rd June 1947, proposed to divide India into India, east and west Pakistan and 600 princely states. But the whole nation was against this. The Congress Working Committee, which met on June 14, 1947, also strenuously opposed the move to partition the country. They had to be brought around with the direct intervention of
Gandhiji. Finally, the move to divide the country was approved by Congress-by 29 votes against 15.
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