The cabinet mission broadcast its plan worldwide from new delhi on thursday night, may 16, 1946. it was a last hope for a single indian union to emerge peacefully in the wake of the british raj.. The cabinet mission recommended an undivided india and turned down the muslim league�s demand for a separate pakistan. the cabinet mission restricted the communal representation; it provided that all the members of the interim cabinet would be indians and there would be minimum interference by the viceroy.. The cabinet mission plan was a compromise but it did not really bring the two parties together. the result was that questions presumed to have been settled by the cabinet mission were reopened soon after the return of its three members to england..
The uk government led by its prime minister clement atlee formed the cabinet mission to india in 1946 with a view to discuss the transfer of power and resolve the constitutional deadlock between the indian political leaders.. A high-powered mission of three british cabinet members- lord pethick-lawrence, the secretary of state for india, sir stafford cripps, president of the board of trade, and a. v. alexander, the. This mission gave the plan to resolve the deadlock which is known as cabinet mission plan. the main purpose of the mission was setting up a constitutional frame work and executive council with the help of indian parties..
