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2021Q29Independence and the Partition of India
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Which of the following is NOT a clause of the Indian Independence Act 1947?

Topic: Indian Independence Act 1947

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(b) The army and assets would belong only to India..

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The Act provided for the DIVISION of the armed forces and the assets between the two new Dominions, not for their retention by India alone. So statement (b) is false. The other three are genuine provisions: British paramountcy and all treaties with the Princely States lapsed, each State was free to accede to either Dominion, and the two Constituent Assemblies were to act as the central legislatures until new constitutions were framed.

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The army and assets would belong only to India..

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