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 ⓘ
linked to: 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 Raj ⓘ
linked to: British India

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 ⓘ
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 British government ⓘ
linked to: UK 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 ⓘ
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ⓘ
linked to: Mahatma 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 of 1942 ⓘ
linked to: Cripps Mission to India
Cabinet Mission negotiations → follows → Cripps Mission ⓘ
linked to: Cripps Mission to India
Wavell Plan → relatedTo → Cripps Mission ⓘ
linked to: Cripps Mission to India