Cripps Mission, 1942

The British Government in its continued effort to secure Indian cooperation sent Sir Stafford Cripps to India on 23 March, 1942. This is known as Cripps Mission.

The main recommendations of Cripps were:

• The promise of Dominion Status to India
• Protection of minorities
• Setting up of a Constituent Assembly in which there would be representatives from the Princely States along with those of the British Provinces
• There would be provision for any Province of British India not prepared to accept this Constitution, either to retain its present constitutional position or frame a constitution of its own.

The major political parties of the country rejected the Cripps proposals. Gandhi called Cripp’s proposals as a "Post-dated Cheque". They did not like the rights of the Princely States either to send their representatives to the Constituent Assembly or to stay out of the Indian Union.

The Muslim League was also dissatisfied as its demand for Pakistan had not been conceded in the proposal.