Chapter no 11: Towards Partition

and Pakistan

Book page no: 78 and 79

Sub Topics:

 The Cripps Proposal 1942

 The Quit India Movement 1942
 The Jinnah Gandhi Talks, 1944
Brainstorming:
Why Congress supported Purna Swaraj
(Hindi: पूर्ण, Purna, meaning "complete",
Hindi: स्व, Swa, meaning "self" and Hindi: राज,
raj, meaning "rule") in India?
The Cripps Proposal,
1942:
 The proposals were seen as too radical by
the British and as too conservative by the
Indian National Congress who wanted
complete independence.
 The Mission was rejected by the Indian
National Congress, the Muslim League and
other Indian groups.
 The Hindu Mahasabha and the Liberals
were against the right of states to split.
The Quit India Movement, 1942:
 On 8 August 1942 at the All-India Congress Committee
session in Bombay, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
launched the 'Quit India' movement.
 The next day, Gandhi, Nehru and many other leaders of
the Indian National Congress were arrested by the British
Government. He called for a voluntary British withdrawal
from India.
 Mr Jinnah’s reaction to Quit India Movement was that he
added an extra word to it. It was ‘Divide and Quit’.
The Gandhi Jinnah Talks, 1944.
 Jinnah expressed that an agreement could only
be reached if Congress accepted a separate
state and nationality for Muslims of India but
Gandhi was not willing to accept the division of
India.
 The talks were unsuccessful as Mr Jinnah
wanted a complete acceptance of Lahore
Resolution of 1940 in the agreement.
 As a result of Jinnah Gandhi talks, Jinnah
emerged as a leader who can negotiate on the
equal terms with the leader of other major
party in India, the Congress.
Class Discussion through Video Watch
Video Link:

• https
://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOdoaDv
N1yQ
 Written Work
Answer the following questions on your pamphlets:

Q1. Why the Muslim League and the Congress reject the Proposals
despite the fact that Sir Stafford Cripps supported the party’s views?

Q2. What was the outcome of the ‘Quit India Movement’? Why do you
think that the ‘Quit India Movement’ failed?

Q3. What was the result of the Jinnah-Gandhi talks in 1944?

Wrap up :
Write the muddiest point of
today’s lesson.