1940 – 1947 Events
The Pakistan Movement
1940 – 1944
Sapru Proposals
Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru was the only non-Muslim leader who was willing to lend support to the Muslim cause. After ...
Quit India Movement
The All India Congress Committee passed its ‘Quit India’ resolution on August 8, 1942. The demand was to declare India ...
The Liberal Party Proposal
National Liberation Federation was a party of those Liberals that formed a small minority in public life as well as ...
Civil Disobedience Movement
On October 13, 1940 Gandhi declared his line of action in the Working Committee of Congress. The plan was to ...
British Offer of August (1940)
On August 8, 1940 the British Government issued a White Paper that after the war a constituent assembly would be ...
Impact of the Second World War
When the Britain declared war against Germany the Viceroy announced that India was also at war. Indian leaders resented this ...
Gandhi-Jinnah Talks
The Gandhi-Jinnah Talks have eminent significance with regard to the political problems of India and the Pakistan Movement. The talks ...
Cripps Mission
The British government wanted to get the cooperation of the Indian people in order to deal with the war situation. ...
Lahore Resolution
From March 22 to March 24, 1940, the All India Muslim League held its annual session at Minto Park, Lahore. ...
1945 – 1947
The Constituent Assembly
By the end of July 1946, British India elected its Constituent Assembly, consisting of 296 members. The Congress had won ...
The Interim Government
Cabinet Mission Plan failed to achieve its goal of bringing an end to the political deadlock in India. However, the ...
Muslim League Legislator’s Convention
In April 1946 Quaid-i-Azam called the Convention of all those persons, who had been elected members of the provincial and ...
Desai-Liaquat Pact
In the year 1945, prevailed a rumor that an alliance had taken place between the Congress and the Muslim League. ...
The Birth of Pakistan
The British Parliament passed the Indian Independence Act on July 18, 1947. The Act created two dominions, Indian Union and ...
June 3rd Plan
When all of Mountbatten's efforts to keep India united failed, he asked Ismay to chalk out a plan for the ...
Cabinet Mission Plan
All of the British Government's attempts to establish peace between the Congress and the Muslim League had failed. The results ...
Provincial and General Elections
With the failure of the Simla Conference, Lord Wavell announced that the Central and Provincial Legislature elections would be held ...
Wavell Plan and Simla Conference
In May 1945, Lord Wavell, the Viceroy of India, went to London and discussed his ideas about the future of ...