History • Modern IndiaHard
In the context of the Indian freedom movement, the historic 'August Offer' of 1940, proposed by Viceroy Lord Linlithgow, included which of the following key concessions?
A. Immediate grant of complete independence and transfer of all executive portfolios to Indian ministers
B. Expansion of the Viceroy's Executive Council to include a majority of Indian members and setting up a representative constituent assembly after the war✓ Correct Answer
C. Immediate partition of British India into two separate sovereign dominions
D. Total abolition of the princely states and integration of royal territories into British provinces
💡 Solution & Explanation
The August Offer of 1940 offered to expand the Viceroy's Executive Council with a distinct majority of Indian members, establish a war advisory council, and acknowledge the right of Indians to frame their own constitution through a representative body after the termination of World War II. However, the Indian National Congress rejected the offer because it fell drastically short of demanding immediate Purna Swaraj. This led to the launch of individual satyagraha led by Vinoba Bhave.
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