The plan of Sir Stafford Cripps envisaged that after the Second World War: (2016)
✓ Correct answer: d) India should be given Dominion status
ExplanationCripps Mission (1942) headed by Stafford Cripps was sent to India with constitutional proposals to seek Indian support for World War II.Key proposals were: Indian union with a Dominion status would be set up which would be free to decide its relation with the Commonwealth.After the war, the Constituent Assembly would be formed with members from Provinces (elected through proportional representation) and Princely states (nominated).Any Province not willing to join the Union can have a separate Constitution and form a separate union.The new Constitution-making Body and the Government would negotiate a treaty for transfer of power.
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