Question

The August Offer:
a) When was the August Offer announced?
b) What was promised for India after the Second World War?
c) Why was the committee set up?
d) To whom, the representation was promised to be given in the war council?

Answer 1

Hint:
i) The Viceroy Linlithgow’s August Offer was a proposal for expanding the executive council.
ii) The August Offer is the name given to India’s declaration of Independence.
iii) It gives the minority perspective its due weight.

Complete answer:
a) The august offer was announced on 8 August 1940. This offer was made by Viceroy Linlithgow in 1940. This proposal was made early in the Battle of Britain.
b) It was promised for India after the Second World War that all the parties and communities in India would cooperate in Britain’s efforts. Dominion status was promised after the second world war.
c) The committee was set up to frame their own constitution after the end of the war.
d) The representation was promised to be given to an Indian in the War council.

Additional Information:
The salient features of August Offer are:
-The Viceroy’s Executive Council will be extended to include a growing number of Indians.
-The creation of a War Advisory Council.
-The British Government’s ultimate aim for India is Dominion Status.

Note:
The following proposals were put in:
i) After the war, a representative Indian body will be formed to draught an Indian Constitution.
ii) The Executive Council will be extended as quickly as possible.
iii) The government promised minorities that power would not be transferred.