Simla Conference of 1945

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The Simla Conference of 1945 was a high-level political meeting convened by the British government in India to negotiate a postwar constitutional framework and power-sharing arrangement between the Indian National Congress, the All India Muslim League, and other parties.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional negotiation ⓘ
political conference ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Shimla Conference of 1945 ⓘ
basedOn Wavell Plan ⓘ
causeOf continued constitutional deadlock in British India ⓘ
chairperson Archibald Wavell ⓘ
linked to: Lord Wavell
convenedBy Viceroy Archibald Wavell ⓘ
linked to: Lord Wavell
country British India ⓘ
endTime 1945-07-14 ⓘ
followedBy Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946 ⓘ
Cabinet Mission to India ⓘ
goal to create a power-sharing arrangement between major Indian parties ⓘ
to form a new Executive Council at the centre ⓘ
to prepare a postwar constitutional settlement for India ⓘ
hasPart Wavell Plan negotiations ⓘ
historicalPeriod final phase of World War II ⓘ
late British Raj ⓘ
issue Congress–League rivalry ⓘ
Muslim representation in the proposed Executive Council ⓘ
representation of the All-India Muslim League ⓘ
location Shimla ⓘ
Simla ⓘ
linked to: Shimla
mainSubject formation of an interim national government ⓘ
postwar constitutional framework for India ⓘ
power-sharing arrangement in British India ⓘ
organizer British Government in India ⓘ
outcome failure to reach agreement ⓘ
participant All-India Muslim League ⓘ
Indian National Congress ⓘ
Scheduled Caste representatives ⓘ
Sikh representatives ⓘ
Unionist Party ⓘ
other minority representatives in British India ⓘ
politicalContext British attempts to transfer power in India ⓘ
demand for self-government in India ⓘ
precededBy Cripps Mission of 1942 ⓘ
proposedBy Archibald Wavell ⓘ
linked to: Lord Wavell
relatedTo Indian independence movement ⓘ
Pakistan Movement ⓘ
constitutional history of India ⓘ
result no interim government formed ⓘ
rejection of the Wavell Plan in practice ⓘ
significantPerson B. R. Ambedkar ⓘ
Baldev Singh ⓘ
Jawaharlal Nehru ⓘ
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad ⓘ
Muhammad Ali Jinnah ⓘ
startTime 1945-06-25 ⓘ
timePeriod June–July 1945 ⓘ

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All India Muslim League → participatedIn → Simla Conference of 1945 ⓘ
Lord Wavell → notableEvent → Simla Conference of 1945 ⓘ
Simla Conference of 1945 → alsoKnownAs → Shimla Conference of 1945 ⓘ
linked to: Simla Conference of 1945
Simla Conference of 1945 → hasPart → Wavell Plan negotiations ⓘ
linked to: Simla Conference of 1945
Cabinet Mission negotiations → hasPart → Simla Conference of 1945 ⓘ
Pakistan Movement → significantEvent → Simla Conference 1945 ⓘ
linked to: Simla Conference of 1945
Wavell Plan → announcedAt → Simla Conference ⓘ
linked to: Simla Conference of 1945
Wavell Plan → startTime → Simla Conference of 1945 ⓘ