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On February 20, 1947, Prime Minister Attlee announced the British Government's decision to withdraw from India latest by
Detailed Explanation:
On February 20, 1947, Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced in the British Parliament that the British Government would transfer power to Indian hands by June 1948.
This announcement was part of the Attlee Declaration, which formally set a definite deadline for British withdrawal from India, though the actual transfer occurred earlier on August 15, 1947 under the Indian Independence Act 1947.
Who among the following headed the two Boundary Commissions set up to delineate the international frontiers between India and Pakistan in 1947?
Detailed Explanation:
Cyril Radcliffe, a British lawyer with no prior experience in India, headed both the Boundary Commissions established in 1947 to demarcate the borders between India and Pakistan in Punjab and Bengal.
The Radcliffe Line, announced on August 17, 1947 (two days after independence), divided the two provinces and became the international boundary, affecting millions through partition.
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