March 23, 2021
Quaid-i-Azam and the Birth of Pakistan
The Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946 was the last attempt by the British to keep India united. The Quaid felt betrayed by the Cabinet Mission in not asking him to form the government as they had promised, if the Congress turned down their proposals. It was only then that the Quaid, for the first time, abandoned his constitutional struggle and declared August 16 as the Direct Action Day. Tragically, it resulted in an orgy of violence in Calcutta. After the failure of the Cabinet Mission, a frustrated Viceroy Wavell decided to form an Interim Government with four representatives of the
