History A-Level
Cabinet Mission
What Cabinet Mission means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Cabinet Mission
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
A 1946 mission that proposed a loose union with provinces grouped, but Congress and the League disagreed over grouping and parity, so it failed.
Topics that use Cabinet Mission
- The road to independence, 1942–48 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Bengal Famine
- Changing British political will under Labour
- Consequences of independence
- Cripps Mission
- Decolonisation and British withdrawal
- interim government
- International pressure and the USA’s role
- Nationalism and communal identity
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