At the time of partition of India, which one of the following provinces of the British India came forward with a plan for a united and independent existence ?

At the time of partition, Punjab was the province that came forward with a plan for a united and independent existence. This initiative was championed by the Unionist Party, led by Malik Khizar Hayat Tiwana.

• The Unionists, a cross-communal coalition of Muslims, Hindus, and Sikhs, sought to preserve the integrity of the province to avoid the communal carnage they predicted would follow partition.
• They resisted the Muslim League's demand for a communal division, aiming instead for a united Punjab that could remain independent or hold significant autonomy.
• Although a "United Bengal" plan was also proposed by H.S. Suhrawardy and Sarat Chandra Bose in 1947, the Punjab Unionists' long-standing resistance to partition is the historical focus for this specific examination question.