Volume I Issue II Aug 2013 ISSN 2321 - 7065 11 Miscarriage of Cabinet Mission Plan 1946 Truncated India, Truncated Pakistan and Truncated Humanity Prof. Manish Tongo Dr. Dora Thompson, Prof. Mamta Chhabriya, Priyadarshini College of Engineering, Nagpur Abstract From evolutionary to revolutionary, from conciliatory to belligerent, from co-operation to non cooperation, India’s freedom for struggle had unpredictable oscillations. Once jewel in the crown of British Empire became an Achilles hill. The insurmountable challenges from domestic and international arena made British Empire take a somber decision to Divide and Quit. This paper highlights the British cabinet mission to India and how it ended in a fiasco ultimately collapsing the bridge between the two communities leaving the scope open for perennial skirmishes. In India during post-war 1945, the the penultimate scene of the political drama and sense of abnegation of what was once a precious jewel in the crown of British catapulted the political euphoria to the front. The state actors in the domestic power struggle were the Congress and the League. However, the non state actors like the then president of America and INA founder Subhash Chandra Bose and others too had tightened their grip over the political maneuverability. The state actors, mainly Indian National Congress and Muslim League had sensed the proximity of freedom. One classic example will prove the point as to how British regime in India was by and large a reactionary and not precautionary. In November 1945, the British Commander-in-Chief took the fateful decision which was tantamount to a political suicide of committing to trial three officers of Subhash Bose's Indian National Army-a Hindu, a Muslim and a Sikh-before a military court at Red Fort, Delhi. This trial served as a facilitator to unite all warring sections of Indian society which created a huge tidal wave of anti British sentiments in India. Before the authorities could wake up to the fact that the men in the dock had become national heroes, INA was all in mood and preparation to flex its muscle against British empire by effecting mutiny which had a portent danger of cascading effect where ever Indian army personnel fighting along with allied forces against the axis power. This fear psychosis of Mutiny with in INA proved to be an Achilles hills for the British rulers.