August Proposal & Provision - General Knowledge of Modern India
The Viceroy of India, Lord Linlithgow, issued a statement from Shimla on 8 August 1940, which was called the August Resolution.
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Provisions of the August Proposal
- Establishment of Advisory War Council
- Establishment of a representative Indian body for the making of the Constitution of India after the war
- Immediate expansion of the Viceroy's Executive Council
- The minorities were assured that the British government would not delegate power to any system of governance whose authority was not accepted by any large and powerful section of the Indian national life
This was the first time that the right of the Indians to make a constitution was accepted and the Congress agreed to the constitution of the Constituent Assembly. Congress rejected the August offer. Jawaharlal Nehru said that the doctrine of Dominion status is now dead. Gandhi said that this declaration has further widened the gap between the nationalists and the British rulers. The Muslim League was happy with the veto rights given in it and said that the only way to resolve the political deadlock was partition. In the context of widespread dissatisfaction over non-acceptance of the demands presented by the Congress, Gandhi presented his personal civil disobedience plan at the Congress Working Committee meeting in Wardha.
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