Question
GSEasyPrelims 2014Modern History

The Radcliffe Committee was appointed to -

Explanation

Boundary Commission, the consultative committee created in July 1947 to recommend how the Punjab and Bengal regions of the Indian subcontinent were to be divided between India and Pakistan shortly before each was to become independent from Britain.

The commission appointed by Lord Mountbatten, the final viceroy of British India, consisted of:

  • Four members from the Indian National Congress.
  • Four from the Muslim League.
  • It was chaired by Sir Cyril Radcliffe.

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