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Cripps Mission 1942:
The Cripps mission was an attempt in late March 1942 by the British government
to secure Indian cooperation and support for their efforts in World War II . The
mission was headed by Sir Stafford Cripps , a senior left-wing politician and
government minister in the War Cabinet of Prime Minister Winston Churchill . The
mission proved a failure.
Cripps in India:
Cripps meeting Mahatma Gandhi during the Second World War Upon his arrival in
India, Cripps
held talks with Indian leaders. There is some confusion over what Cripps had been
authorized to offer India's nationalist politicians by Churchill and Leo Amery (His
Majesty's Secretary of State for India ), and he also faced hostility from the Viceroy,
Lord Linlithgow. He began by offering India full dominion status at the end of the
war, with the chance to secede from the Commonwealth and go for total
independence. Privately, Cripps also promised to get rid of Linlithgow and grant