a. The event is of Pt. Nehru being sworn in as Prime Minister of India. The lady is Edwina Mountbatten.
b.The provisions:
i. Two New Dominions
ii. Each Dominion to have a Governor General
iii. Princely States would become Independent 
c. 

1. Communal carnage raged in India amd people were getting butchered in frenzy. The British government was not doing any thing to check communalism. INC leaders felt that accepting Dominion status would at least give them some power to check further riots.

2. The INC had to accept its failure in building a strong base amongst the Muslims despite it being a secular party. Thus failure was most evident in growing popularity of Jinnah and sweep of electoral polls in Muslim areas by the League.

3. Failure of Cripps Mission, Shimla Conference, Cabinet Mission and the Interim government convinced INC that Muslim League will not relent. Also British had given virtual veto to the League at various stages of proposals.

4. Even graver threat to a future India's unity and integrity was secession of princely states. So it was more pragmatic to allow an obdurate leader have his way and focus more on what could become a deep internal crisis in future India in form of Balkanisation. Moreover, Gandhiji was also not able to contain communal frenzy and Gandhi-Jinnah talks had failed as well, so INC had to bow.

1. The Indian National Army and Subhash Chandra Bose were playing their significant role in the freedom struggle of India.

2. The INA revealed Subhash Bose’s greatness as a military leader and an organizer too. The role of INA had far reaching influences on the Indian political scene.

a. The provisions were :

1. The partition of the country into India and Pakistan would come into effect from 15 August 1947.

2. The British Government would transfer all powers to these two Dominions.

3. A Boundary Commission would demarcate the boundaries of the provinces of the Punjab and Bengal.

4. The Act provided for the transfer of power to the Constituent Assemblies of the two Dominions, which will have full authority to frame their respective Constitutions.
b. i. It would be difficult to disintegrate the Armed Forces, Postal and Telegraph  system. 
ii. Partition would make the problem of princely states more complex.
iii. There was no justification  for including those ares of Punjab, Bengal and Assam within Pakistan in which the population was mostly non - muslim.
c. i.Non cooperative attitude of the League
ii. Communal Riots
iii. The leaders felt a smaller strong central authority was better than  a bigger state with a weak centre.
iv. It was felt that further delay in transfer of power could find India in the midst of Civil war.

Lord Mountbatten.
The Princely States became independent and all the powers exercised by the British authority were terminated.