Consider the provisions of the Wavell Plan proposed at the Simla Conference in 1945: 1. The Executive Council was to be reconstituted so that all its members, except the Viceroy and the Commander-in-Chief, would be Indians. 2. Caste Hindus and Muslims were to be given equal representation in the proposed Executive Council. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

💡 Solution & Explanation

Both statements regarding the Wavell Plan proposed at the 1945 Simla Conference are accurate, as the executive council was meant to be entirely Indian except for the Viceroy and Commander-in-Chief, with a controversial parity provision between caste Hindus and Muslims. This conference ultimately collapsed because Muhammad Ali Jinnah insisted that the Muslim League alone had the sole right to nominate all Muslim members.