the cabinet mission came to india in 1946.
the cabinet mission came to india in 1946.
when did the cabinet mission came to india?
1946
in march 1946, the british government sent a cabinet mission to india to find a solution to resolve the conflicting demands of congress and the muslim league. congress agreed to allow pakistan to be formed with 'genuine muslim areas'. the sikh leaders asked for a sikh state with ambala, jalandher, lahore divisions with some districts from the multan division, which, however, did not meet the cabinet delegates' agreement. in discussions with jinnah, the cabinet mission offered either a 'smaller pakistan' with all the muslim-majority districts "except gurdaspur" or a 'larger pakistan' under the sovereignty of the indian union. the cabinet mission came close to success with its proposal for an indian union under a federal scheme, but it fell apart in the end because of nehru's opposition to a heavily decentralised india.
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the marathas invaded the region between 1742–47. the rulers of jhargram joined forces with raja of bishnupur and the nawab of bengal to fight a war against them, and they were victorious. jhargram remained an independent kingdom until 1767, when the east india company, led by robert clive, came from midnapore, via radhanagar to capture the jhargram fort.raja shyam sundar malla dev the then king of jhargram worked on to check the advances of the british by allying with the raja of dhalbhumgarh,he took part in the chuar rebellion to protect his independent status.he defeated colonel fergusson at dudhkundi near kharagpur in 1791 when the east india company tried to enter jhargram. fergusson’s forces, consisting of 100 europeans, 300 cavalry, 1400 sepoys and 10 field pieces, was the standard size of the colonial armies. but the second time the joint forces were defeated at radhanagar by the british army in 1793, ending thereby the last hurdle to the colonial conquest of bengal, hence the treaty of midnapore confirmed the surrender of jhargram and dhalbhum to the british. but soon the british governor of bengal endorsed his stature,the kingdom was then recognized as a zamindari estate under the law of primogeniture, and the ruler was given the title of raja. jhargram fell twice into the court of wards, after the death of raja raghunath malla ugal sanda deb and raja chandi charan malla ugal sanda deb, respectively; but was later released when the raja narasingha malla deb attained majority. in this connection, it may be mentioned that in 1944–45, the then vice-roy of india agreed to recognize jhargram as a feudatory state; but at that time, the whole of india was going through turmoil and was moving towards independence. the cabinet mission came to negotiate with congress, the muslim league, and other parties. the proposal for the feudatory status of jhargram raj has put aside then.
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