20 feb, 1947 Atlee declared British rule end by 30 June,1948; (3 june 1947 Mountbatten Plan accepted)

1. Declared India as an independent and sovereign state from August 15, 1947.
2.  Provided for creation of two independent dominions of India and Pakistan with the right to secede from the British Commonwealth. (Governor General of each were to be appointed by King, the on advice of the Dominion Cabinet)
3.  Empowered the Constituent Assemblies of the two dominions to frame and adopt any constitution and to repeal any act of the British Parliament, including the Independence act itself.
4. Abolished the office of the secretary of state for India and transferred his functions to the secretary of state for Commonwealth Affairs. It assigned dual functions (i.e. constituent and legislative) to the Constituent Assembly formed in 1946.

It declared this dominion legislature as a sovereign body. Granted freedom to the Indian princely states either to join the Dominion of India or Dominion of Pakistan or to re