The Balkan Plan for fragmentation of India was the brain-child of
- AW. Churchill
- BM. A. Jinnah
- CLord MountbattenCorrect
- DV. P. Menon
Explanation
The correct answer is C because the Balkan Plan, also known as Plan Balkan, was proposed by Lord Mountbatten in 1947.
The plan suggested that instead of a central transfer of power, individual provinces should be declared independent and then allowed to decide whether to join India, Pakistan, or remain independent. This proposal aimed at the fragmentation of the country into numerous small units, similar to the division of the Balkan Peninsula in Europe. Jawaharlal Nehru strongly opposed this plan, arguing it would lead to the total disintegration of India, which eventually led Mountbatten to scrap it in favor of the June 3rd Plan for partition.
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