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Freedom Struggle — Fourth Phase (1940–1947) - Short Trick

Quit India, the INA, the Cabinet Mission and freedom — one sentence each

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1940 to 1947 — the Big Order

Nine big events in order, and what marks the August Offer, Individual Satyagraha and the Cripps Mission.

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From the August Offer to the Mountbatten Plan

➜ 1940 → 1947

1940–1943Aunt Indu cried quietly at Azhar’s wedding.

1945–1947Waiter Rohan carried momos.

  1. 1August Offer8 August 1940
  2. 2Individual SatyagrahaOctober 1940
  3. 3Cripps MissionMarch 1942
  4. 4Quit India8–9 August 1942
  5. 5Azad Hind government21 October 1943
  6. 6Wavell Plan14 June 1945
  7. 7Royal Indian Navy revoltFebruary 1946, Bombay
  8. 8Cabinet Mission Plan16 May 1946
  9. 9Mountbatten Plan3 June 1947

In between — Rajaji formula (1944), Desai–Liaquat (January 1945) · then — Direct Action Day (16 August 1946), Interim Government (2 September 1946), independence (15 August 1947).

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1940–42 — what marks each

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An August letter

August Offer (8 August 1940)=Viceroy Linlithgow — from Simla · a constitution-making body after the war, Dominion Status (no date) · rejected by the Congress

Indu let Vinod go first.

Individual Satyagraha=First satyagrahi Vinoba Bhave (Paunar, 17 October 1940), second Jawaharlal Nehru · also called the “Delhi Chalo” satyagraha

The cricket club’s cheque was post-dated.

Cripps Mission (March 1942)=Gandhi called it a “post-dated cheque” · Dominion Status soon after the war, provinces could opt out · every party rejected it

In July 1941 the Viceroy’s Executive Council grew to 12 — 8 Indians and 4 British.

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Quit India Movement

Where the resolution was passed, the three parallel governments in order with their leaders, and the underground.

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Subhas Bose and the INA

The INA’s journey in order, the Rani Jhansi Regiment, the Red Fort trials, the naval revolt and the titles.

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Deadlock, Cabinet Mission and Interim Government

Three efforts at a settlement, the Mission’s three ministers and three sections, the Interim Government’s portfolios and the start of the Constituent Assembly.

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Freedom, Partition and the States

The last lap in order, the Radcliffe commission, the three subjects of accession and the late arrivals.

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