Cripps Mission 1942
Cripps Mission 1942
Cripps Mission 1942
Introduction:
The Cripps mission was introduced by the British government to gain cooperation from India
against the ongoing war between Britain and Japan. The British government has been negatively
impacted by the divergence between the two major representative parties of the country. Without
the cooperation of both the Hindus and the Muslims, it was a challenge to make the war a
success.
In order to secure the support of all Indian political parties, the British government dispatched a
mission to the subcontinent led by Sir Stafford Cripps.
Background:
The Cripps mission was initiated for multiple reasons in the past. To comprehend what led to this
mission, take a deeper look and understand the detailed background:
Japan had taken over almost all of the British colonies on the eastern borders and was pursuing
India as a possible next target. Japan was slowly gaining control of all the colonies and the threat
to invade India was increasing at an alarming rate.
In the ongoing world war, Britain was under immense pressure from China, the U.S., and the
USSR to gain support from India.
India agreed to support Britain in the war in exchange for complete independence from Britain
soon after the war.
Gandhi called the Cripps proposal a "post-dated check on a failing bank" and
criticized it. The Cripps Proposal was rejected by the Muslim League because it
lacked a clear statement of the partition decision and establishment of a Muslim
State.