Cripps Mission to India

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The Cripps Mission to India was a 1942 British diplomatic effort led by Sir Stafford Cripps to secure Indian cooperation in World War II by offering postwar self-government, which ultimately failed and intensified demands for independence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf diplomatic mission
event in the Indian independence movement
authorizedBy Winston Churchill
chronology preceded Quit India Resolution of August 1942
conflict World War II
political conflict between British Raj and Indian nationalists
country United Kingdom
describedBySource British wartime records
Indian National Congress resolutions
autobiographical writings of Indian leaders
effect increased distrust between Indian leaders and British government
intensified demands for Indian independence
endTime April 1942
followedBy Quit India movement
surface form: Quit India Movement
goal offer postwar self-government to India
secure Indian cooperation in World War II
hasCause need for Indian cooperation in World War II
hasEffectOn British decolonization policy in South Asia
constitutional development of India
hasPart negotiations with All-India Muslim League
negotiations with Indian National Congress
talks with Indian princes
historicalPeriod British India
surface form: British Raj

late colonial period in India
leader Stafford Cripps
location India
mainSubject Indian independence
World War II
outcome failure of negotiations
participant All India Muslim League
surface form: All-India Muslim League

Indian National Congress
Indian princes
Viceroy of India
pointInTime 1942
proposal Dominion status for India after the war
elected constituent assembly after the war
participation of Indian leaders in wartime executive council
right of provinces to opt out of Indian union
proposedBy UK government
surface form: British government
reasonForRejection insufficient guarantee of immediate self-government
lack of full control over defense during the war
provision allowing provinces to secede
result rejection by All-India Muslim League
rejection by Indian National Congress
significantPerson Jawaharlal Nehru
Mahatma Gandhi
surface form: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Muhammad Ali Jinnah
startTime March 1942

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Stafford Cripps notableWork Cripps Mission to India
Simla Conference of 1945 precededBy Cripps Mission to India
this entity surface form: Cripps Mission of 1942
Cabinet Mission negotiations follows Cripps Mission to India
this entity surface form: Cripps Mission