Cripps Mission (1942)
- By early 1942, the British forces had suffered heavy defeats at the hand of the Japanese army in some important places in South East Asia.
- The Japanese had captured Burma and also carried out air raids on some parts of north east India.
- In Europe also, the British and its allies were losing ground. Such a grave situation compelled the British to open talks with the Indian leaders.
- Besides, as the war situation worsened, President Roosevelt of U.S.A. and Chiang Kai-shek of China pressurised Churchill to seek the active cooperation of Indians in the war.
- British government, under Winston Churchill sent ....
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