(a) The event is the swearing in ceremony of Jawahar Lal Nehru as the Prime Minister of Independent India. The Lady is Lady Mountbatten the wife of the first Governer General of India Lord Mountbatten. The year is 1947. 

(b)

1. Two New Dominions 

India would be partitioned and two independent Dominions—India and Pakistan—would be created from August 15, 1947. The Act provided legislative supremacy of both the Dominions. The territories of the two Dominions were divided in such terms that Pakistan would comprise Sindh, British Baluchistan, North West Frontier Province, the West Punjab and East Bengal. India was to comprise all the remaining territories included in British India. The exact boundaries of the Dominions would be determined by a Boundary Commission. 

2. Provisions of Partition 

(a) Both Bengal and Punjab would be divided if so desired by the people. The Provincial Assemblies of the two parts would meet separately representing Hindu majority districts and Muslim majority districts and would decide through majority vote whether they wanted the division of the province or not. 

(b) A plebiscite would be held in NWFP as well as in Sylhet distict (Muslim majority area) in East Bengal to determine whether they would like to join Pakistan or India. (Both these provinces joined West and East Pakistan respectively.) 

3. Governor-General for Each Dominion There would be a Governor-General who would be appointed by the British King on the advice of the Cabinet of the concerned Dominion. This arrangement would work till the framing of the Constitutions. 

4. Constituent Assemblies to Serve as Central Legislatures The Constituent Assemblies of both the dominions were to act as the Central Legislatures and would have full powers to make laws for their respective Dominion. They would act. as sovereign bodies for legislative purposes. 

(c) Acceptance by the Congress : 

The Congress accepted the plan on the following grounds : 

1. The delay of British rule was harmful for India. The British incited the native rulers to remain independent. The Congress realized that it would be better to accept partition of the country. 

2. It thought that united India was better than a bigger disorganized country. 

3. The Congress thought it would not be possible to run the administration jointly because of the interference by the Leagues. 

4. The communal riots that took place left the Congress with no alternative but to accept the partition of the country. 

5. The Congress leaders felt that partition would rid the constitution of separate electorates and India could then evolve a secular and democratic policy.