Partition of India in the United Provinces (where Muslims were attacked by Hindus), and on to Rawalpindi in March 1947 in which Hindus were attacked or driven out by Muslims. The British Prime Minister Attlee appointed Lord Louis Mountbatten as India's last viceroy, who was given the task to oversee British India's independence by June 1948, with the instruction to "avoid" partition and "preserve" a United India, but with adaptational authority to ensure a British withdrawal with minimal setbacks. Mountbatten hoped to revive the Cabinet Mission scheme for a federal arrangement for India. But despite his initial keenness for preserving the center the
India–Pakistan cricket rivalry <nowiki>*</nowiki> <nowiki>*</nowiki> <nowiki>*</nowiki> The table only includes those World Cup tournaments where India and Pakistan faced each other The table only includes those Champions Trophy tournaments where India and Pakistan faced each other <nowiki>*</nowiki> <br> <nowiki>*</nowiki> The table contains details and results only of matches played between India and Pakistan in the respective series and not matches with other teams involved in the series. ICC World Twenty20 The table only includes those World T20 tournaments where India and Pakistan faced each other After the partition in 1947, Pakistan emerged to play cricket. But India had already been playing cricket matches