Ok, ok but what are the PODs and scenarios that could have prevented the partition
Some potential ones:
1920s: There was a major civil disobedience campaign by Gandhi and the Congress which was done in conjunction with a mass Muslim protest movement - the Khilafat Movement. Gandhi, however, called off the protests when they started turning violent. The move infuriated much of the Khilafat leadership, and the result was a major lost opportunity for making the self-rule movement a pan-communal affair.
1937: In elections for the Indian Constituent Assembly and the Indian provincial councils, the Muslim League wound up getting severely beaten. Thereafter, Jinnah approached Nehru and the Congress to inquire about a coalition in the United Provinces. Had Congress accepted, they could have formed an alliance with the League. Brushing off the advances wound up convincing Jinnah that no cooperation with Nehru was possible.
1937: Also, as someone else pointed out up thread, had dominion status been granted in the 1930s, Partition would not have happened. I don't think it would even have emerged as an issue down the road, as the Hindu vote is hardly a bloc, and very quickly, electoral politics would have made Muslims into a highly sought after vote by various coalitions.
1946: Harder, but possible. The Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946 envisioned a confederal India, which Jinnah accepted but which the Congress back off from. Had they committed to it, there may not have been a partition, although the stability of the proposed government is open to question.
The thing about the Muslim League was that it wasn't necessarily pushing for a totally independent Pakistan. As late as 1946, Jinnah and the leadership were open to some sort of subcontinental confederation or federation, but they wanted to assure Muslim autonomy and a strong Muslim voice at the center. The problem is simply that while it's theoretically quite possible to envision a workable solution - something like large-scale provincial autonomy with guarantees or proportional representation in a federal parliament - neither side was really willing to budge. The very least Jinnah could accept was a loose confederation, while the Congress was deeply committed to a highly-centralized, near-unitary state.