The important points of Mountbatten Plan (3 June, 1947) were :
Punjab and Bengal legislative assemblies would meet in two groups, Hindus and Muslims, to vote for partition. If a simple majority of either group voted for partition, then these provinces would be partitioned.
Sindh would take its own decision.
Referendum in NWFP and Sylhet district of Bengal would decide the fate of these areas.
Since the congress had conceded a unified India, all their other points would be met :
(i) Independence for princely states ruled out, they would either join India or Pakistan.
(ii) Independence for Bengal ruled out.
(iii) Accession of Hyderabad to Pakistan ruled out (Mountbatten supported the congress on this).....Read more