Partition of India.
Jack
I'm surprised that Partition was on the table as far back as Curzon; that Very Superior Person would surely have reacted to the mere mention of Indian Independence in much the same way as Churchill (was it?) He shrank with horror at the idea of Ghandi ("that half-naked fakir") being received in audience by the Viceroy, instead of being "trampled by elephants" in front of the steps of the Secretariat for his insolence.
Jinnah, of course always demanded Partition, as he had no trust in the good faith of the Congress in an united India (and he was probably right). As I heard it, Mountbatten did his best to talk him round, without success. The UK Government had to accept Partition or delay Independence, and that was then "not an option".
But I am no authority on the recent constitutional history of India, all I know was the street talk of the time. Fiat Lux ? I'd have to be careful. ("What is Truth?", asked Pilate),
Danny