History A-Level
Cripps Mission
What Cripps Mission means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Cripps Mission
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Offered dominion status after the war but failed because Congress demanded immediate self-government and the Muslim League rejected any single post-war union.
Topics that use Cripps Mission
- The road to independence, 1942–48 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Bengal Famine
- Cabinet Mission
- Changing British political will under Labour
- Consequences of independence
- Decolonisation and British withdrawal
- interim government
- International pressure and the USA’s role
- Nationalism and communal identity
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