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The Cripps Mission was a failed attempt in late March 1942 by the British government to secure full Indian cooperation and support for their efforts in World War II. The mission was headed by a senior minister Stafford Cripps.
Sep 24, 2023 · Cripps Mission (1942): The falling of Singapore and Rangoon in the Second World War compelled Winston Churchill and the British war cabinet to send a high-powered mission to India under the supervision of Stafford Cripps.
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THE CRIPPS MISSION, ITS FAILURE AND SIGNIFICANCE V.N. Datta The second world war saw the making of Sir Stafford Cripps who was inducted in Winston Churchill's War Cabinet in February 1942 as Minister of Production. He was also Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons. His prestige was high and he was looked
Mounting pressure from China and the United States, as well as from the Labour Party in Britain, led Prime Minister Winston Churchill to send Stafford Cripps to India to discuss the Draft Declaration, as settled by the War Cabinet and its Committee between 28 February to 9 March 1942, containing proposals to resolve the Indian question of a new ...
Feb 2, 2023 · The Cripps Mission in 1942, led by British minister Stafford Cripps, aimed to secure Indian support for Britain in World War II. Cripps, a member of the left-wing Labour Party and the War Cabinet, was sent to negotiate with nationalist Congress leaders and Muslim League leader Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
The meetings, known as the Cripps Mission, took place in Delhi from March 22 to April 12, 1942, and marked an attempt to rally, through the rival Indian National Congress and Muslim League, Indian support for the defense of the country against Japanese invasion. The failure of the talks increased… Read More.
Churchill was confident, in any circumstances: after all, whom did the Congress represent in India, he argued, with the ruling princes claiming the loyalty of I20 million, the Muslims numbering 90 million, the Untouchables thirty to forty million-not to mention the other minorities and races.
