indian independence act was passed in british parliament on 18 july 1947.
indian independence act was passed in british parliament on 18 july 1947.
when was indian independence act passed in british parliament?
18 july 1947
the elections for the 296 seats assigned to the british indian provinces were completed by august 1946. congress won 208 seats, and the muslim league 73. after this election, the muslim league refused to cooperate with the congress, and the political situation deteriorated. hindu-muslim riots began, and the muslim league demanded a separate constituent assembly for muslims in india. on 3 june 1947 lord mountbatten, the last british governor-general of india, announced his intention to scrap the cabinet mission plan; this culminated in the indian independence act 1947 and the separate nations of india and pakistan. the indian independence act was passed on 18 july 1947 and, although it was earlier declared that india would become independent in june 1948, this event led to independence on 15 august 1947. the constituent assembly (elected for an undivided india) met for the first time on 9 december 1946, reassembling on 14 august 1947 as a sovereign body and successor to the british parliament's authority in india. as a result of the partition, under the mountbatten plan, a separate constituent assembly of pakistan was established on 3 june 1947. the representatives of the areas incorporated into pakistan ceased to be members of the constituent assembly of india. new elections were held for the west punjab and east bengal (which became part of pakistan, although east bengal later seceded to become bangladesh); the membership of the constituent assembly was 299 after the reorganization, and it met on 31 december 1947.
constituent assembly of india
the framers introduced two deliberate procedural errors in the enactment of the constitution of india in violation of the independence act: 









































bullet::::1. they did not put the constitution to the approval of the either the british parliament as envisaged by the cabinet mission plan or the governor-general as envisaged in the indian independence act 1947;









































bullet::::2. following the irish precedent, article 395 of the constitution of india repealed the indian independence act — something the constituent assembly did not have the authorisation to do.
constitutional autochthony