V P Menon was the Constitutional Adviser to the last three Viceroys during British rule in India. ... Menon's plan for the partition of India into two Dominions was the one which was eventually adopted. ... His two books on the 'Transfer of Power in India' and 'The Integration of Indian States' are quoted widely. ... When he left India, famine stalked portions of the countryside. ... These would then decide whether to join India, Pakistan or be independent. ...

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