The Cripps mission
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India Towards Independence : Cripps mission
The British government (before Indian Independence) has finally committed to the principle that any decision about the future status of India would have to be taken by the Congress and the Muslim League together, if they could come to some agreement among themselves, or in case they failed to do so separately by them. It was within this framework of thinking that Sir Stafford Cripps, a member of the British Cabinet was sent to India in March 1942 with a draft declaration of the proposals of the British government to be adopted only at the end of the war and on condition that the Congress and the Muslim League had come to an agreement regarding them. The Cripps proposals, as they are known, were based on the idea that the Constitution of India was to be framed by an elected Constituent Assembly of the Indian people, that the Constitution so framed would give India an equal partnership in the British Commonwealth of Nations, and that there would be one Indian Union comprising all the Provinces and the Indian States. A qualification was, however, added to the last clause and this contained the seeds of partition that any Province (or Indian State) which was not prepared to accept the Constitution would be free to retain its constitutional position existing at that time and would be permitted to enter into separate constitutional arrangements with the British government. The Muslim League, as expected, insisted on a division of India into two autonomous States on communal lines, and that the Muslim majority provinces should form an independent Muslim State, to be known as Pakistan. The Muslim League also insisted on having a separate Constituent Assembly for Pakistan.
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India Towards Independence
- The Cripps mission
The British government (before Indian Independence) has finally committed to the principle that any decision about the future status of India would have to be taken by the Congress and the Muslim League... - The Cabinet Mission Plan
The rejection of the Cripps proposals was followed by the Quit India campaign, launched by the Congress in August 1942 and the conference convened by Lord Wavell the Governor-General, at Simla, where an... - The Mountbatten Plan
The next step taken by the British government was to send Lord Mountbatten to India as Governor-General in place of Lord Wavell in order to arrange how, and when, power was finally to be transferred into the... - The Partition of India 1947
The Indian Independence Act, 1947, which marked the final stage in the constitutional evolution of the country from a dependency on the British Government to a fully independent nation, provided an interim...
History of Indian Constitution
- The Regulating Act of 1773
While the proprietary rights were safeguarded sovereignty over the settlement and the territories won by war was vested in the Crown. The Parliamentary supervision was introduced. Warren Hastings named Governor-General of India... - Amending Act of 1781
By this Act, the Parliament empowered the Governor General-in-Council to frame regulations for the provincial councils and listen to appeal from Provincial Court... - Pitts India Act of 1784
Parliamentary intervention in the Company's affairs enhanced. The proposal of Burke was accepted and Parliament asserted sovereignty over Indian territories by appointing a Board of Control consisting of six members... - Indian Charter Acts
The Charter Act of 1793; The Charter Act of 1813; The Charter Act of 1833; The Charter Act of 1853... - Indian Council Acts
Indian Council Act of 1861: The three separate presidencies (Madras, Bombay and Bengal) were brought into a common system; Indian Council Act of 1892; Provincial Legislative Councils were to be introduced; Indian Council Act of 1909 : Successfully ma - Government of India Act 1858
The first war of Indian Independence in 1857 brought the career of East India Company to an end. In 1858, the Government of India was placed directly under the crown through the Secretary of State for India and all the matters were to be seen by him. - Government of India Act 1919
The salary of Secretary of State was transferred from Indian to British Exchequer.Some of the functions of Secretary of State were taken away and given to the High Commissioner of India who was to be appointed and paid by the Government of India... - Government of India Act 1935
This Act had three important features: An All-India Federation; Responsible Government with safeguards; Separate representation of communal and other groups; and It had 321 sections with 10 Schedules... - The Indian Independence Act of 1947
The British Government introduced the Indian Inde-pendence Bill in Parliament on July 4, 1947 and the Indian Independence Act was enacted after a fortnight on July 18...
