In eariy 1946, the British Government sent a Cabinet Mission to the Sub- continent to resolve the constitutional deadłock. The Mission conducted negotiations with various political parties but failed to evolve an agreed formula. Finally, Cabinet Mission announced its own plan which, among other provisions, envisaged three federal group.ngs, two of them comprising the Muslim majority provinces, linked at the centre in a loose federation with three subjects. The Muslim League accepted the Plan, as a strategic move, expecting to achieve its objective in a not-too-distant future. The Congress also agreed to the Plan but soon realizing its implications to the Congress, its leaders began to interpret in a way not visualized by the authors of the Plan. This provided the All-India Muslim Loague an excuse to withdraw its acceptance of the Plan and the party observed August 16 as a 'Direc! Action Day' to show Muslim solidarity in support of the Pakistan demand.
