The correct answer is Mount Batten.
Key Points
- Cabinet Mission (1946):
- This mission to India was launched by the British Government in March 1946 to discuss plans for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership.
- The members of the mission were:
- Lord Patrick-Lawrence, the Secretary of State for India,
- Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade,
- A.V. Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty.
Important Points
- On 22nd January 1946, the decision to send Cabinet Mission was taken and on 19th February 1946, the British PM C.R Attlee Government announced in the House of Lords about the mission and the plan to quit India.
Additional Information
- Important dates to remember:
- 23 March-29 June: Cabinet mission visits India
- 16 May: constitutional scheme
- 16 June-plan for the formation of interim government)
- 16 August-‘Direct Action Day’
- 02 September: Congress forms interim government with Nehru as Vice-President
- 13 October-Muslim League decides to join the interim government
- 3-6 December: London conference of major Indian leaders aborted



