Interim Government | MCQs

Explanation

Muslim League Ministers in the Interim Government of 1946:

• Liaquat Ali Khan – Finance (Introduced the "Poor Man's Budget")
• I. I. Chundrigar – Commerce
• Abdur Rab Nishtar – Communications
• Ghazanfar Ali Khan – Health
• Jogendra Nath Mandal – Law (Legislature)

Liaquat Ali Khan's "Poor Man's Budget" focused on redistributing wealth and addressing the economic disparity between the rich and the poor.

Explanation

The interim Government was formed in 1946. Jawaharlal Nehru was the Prime Minister 

The Interim Government of India was formed on 2 September 1946

The Interim Government was originally headed by the Viceroy of India

On 26 October 1946, Muslim League entered the Interim Government

RELATED Question:

The interim Government of basic principles committee was presented to the constituent Assembly on:

 September 7, 1950

How many members were nominated by the Muslim League for the interim Government?

 5

Explanation

The Interim Government of India was formed on 2 September 1946

The Interim Government was originally headed by the Viceroy of India

On 26 October 1946, Muslim League entered the Interim Government

RELATED Question:

The interim Government of basic principles committee was presented to the constituent Assembly on:

 September 7, 1950

How many members were nominated by the Muslim League for the interim Government?

 5

The interim Government was formed in 1946. Who was the Prime Minister__________?

 Jawaharlal Nehru

Explanation

• finance
• whilst the government requested the Muslim League to send 5 nominees for representation within the interim government
• Khan turned into requested to lead the League institution inside the cupboard. He turned into given the portfolio of finance.

Explanation

A Cabinet Mission came to India in 1946 in order to discuss the transfer of power from the British government to the Indian political leadership, with the aim of preserving India's unity and granting its independence.

Explanation

The five ministers from the Muslim League for the interim Government were:

• Liaquat Ali Khan.
• Abdur Rab Nishtar.
• Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar.
• Raja Ghazanfar Ali Khan.
• Jogendra Nath Mandal.

These members were joined at the request of Lord Wavell.

Jawaharlal Nehru was the Prime Minister 

Liaqat Ali Khan was assigned the portfolio of Finance

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Additional Information:

Lord Wavell wrote letters to Nehru and Jinnah on July 22, 1946, and invited them to join an “Interim Coalition Government.”

He suggested that there would be 14 members in the cabinet:

• 6 of them from Congress,
• 5 from the Muslim League,
• 3 would represent the minority parties

Explanation

Jawaharlal Nehru served as the Foreign Minister in the Interim Government of British India, formed in 1946 before the partition.

He later became the first Prime Minister of independent India.