The Radcliffe Committee was appointed to

The Radcliffe Committee, chaired by Sir Cyril Radcliffe, was established in 1947 specifically to draw the international borders separating India and Pakistan in the provinces of Punjab and Bengal. While the Indian Independence Act (Option B) provided the legal framework for the transfer of power, the committee’s mandate was strictly limited to the technical task of geographical delimitation. The core concept being tested is the administrative and territorial mechanism used to execute the Partition of India.