In 1942, the British Government realized that it could
not ignore the Indian problems any more. As a result of the World War, the
situation worsened for the British with Japanese advance towards Indian
borders.
By March 7, 1942, Rangoon fell and Japan occupied the entire
South-East Asia. The British government, with a view of getting cooperation
from Indians, sent Sir Stafford Cripps,
a member of the British cabinet to India to settle terms with Indian leaders
who were forthwith released.
Cripps proposed Dominion Status after the war but his proposal was rejected by all
the political leaders. As no party agreed to accept these proposals, the Cripps
Mission ended in failure.
Regarding the Cripps Mission proposals mahatma Gandhi
remarks ‘A post-dated cheque on a
crumbling bank’.
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