History & Civics
With reference to the Cripps Mission, explain :
(a) Why was the Cripps Mission sent to India?
(b) Mention four causes of their proposals.
(c) Why did both Congress and Muslim League reject it?
Answer
(a) Cripps Mission was sent to India on 22 March 1942 to solve the constitutional problems of India.
(b) Four clauses of the Cripps mission are given below:
- After the war, India would be given the same status as the other Dominions like Canada and Australia.
- A Constituent Assembly would be set up after the war. This elected assembly would frame the Constitution of free India.
- It proposed that an 'Interim Government' would be formed during the war.
- Until the new Constitution was framed the government wanted Indian leaders to take effective part in the Viceroy's Executive Council.
(c) The Cripps Mission was rejected as its proposals disappointed both the Congress and the Muslim League. Gandhiji rejected it as 'a postdated cheque'. The Muslim League rejected it as it felt the prospects of achieving Pakistan were remote. It demanded 'a definite pronouncement in favour of Pakistan'.
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