Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of British India, arrived in India in March 1947 with the primary objective of transferring power from British rule to Indian hands.
His instructions from the British government were to:
Try to preserve India's unity if possible.
If unity was not possible, to divide India into separate countries (which ultimately led to the creation of Pakistan).
In 1929, Yusuf Ali Khan Magsi wrote an article titled "Faryad-e-Balochistan" (Cry of Balochistan)," which was published in a Lahore newspaper. As a result, he was sentenced to jail.
Muhammad Ali Jinnah called a conference in March 20, 1927, and firmed up the "Delhi Muslim Proposal" for political settlement.
The Delhi Muslim Proposals were a set of constitutional reforms proposed by Jinnah in 1927.
The proposals called for the setting up of a federal system in the country, representation of Muslims and non-Muslims in the central government in proportion to their population and the granting of autonomy to provinces.
During the Bengal Famine of 1943, relief efforts were primarily led by British authorities, including Lord Wavell, who was the Viceroy of India at the time.
