- Amitava Sanyal
- TIMESOFINDIA.COMUpdated: Aug 8, 2023, 12:37 IST IST
India's first government was actually formed a year before Independence. The interim government, which ran the country between September 1946 and August 1947, set the blueprint for what was to come
A year before India’s independence, only a few things about the transfer of power were clear.
It was certain that the Congress and the Muslim League, which had swept the provincial elections in January 1946, would form an interim government and negotiate the transfer.
It was certain that the Congress and the Muslim League, which had swept the provincial elections in January 1946, would form an interim government and negotiate the transfer.