What is the correct sequence of the following events? 1. Cabinet Mission 2. Cripps Mission 3. Lord Wavell's Proposal 4. Mountbatten Plan

What is the correct sequence of the following events? 1. Cabinet Mission 2. Cripps Mission 3. Lord Wavell's Proposal 4. Mountbatten Plan Correct Answer 2, 3, 1, 4

The correct answer is 2, 3, 1, 4.

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• Cripps Mission :
  • The Cripps Mission was sent by the British government to India in March 1942 to obtain Indian cooperation for the British war efforts in the 2nd World War.
    • It was headed by Sir Richard Stafford Cripps, a labour minister in Winston Churchill’s coalition government in Britain.
      • The Mission was headed by Stafford Cripps.
• Lord Wavell's Proposal :
  • The Wavell Plan was first presented at the Shimla Conference in 1945.
    • It was named after the Viceroy of India, Lord Wavell. 
    • The Shimla Conference was convened in order to agree on the Wavell Plan for Indian self-government, which provided for separate representations on communal lines.
    • Both the plan and the conference failed on account of the Muslim League and the Indian National Congress not coming to an agreement.
• Cabinet Mission :
  • Cabinet Mission was a high-powered mission sent in February 1946 to India by the Atlee Government.
    • The mission had three British cabinet members – Pethick Lawrence, Stafford Cripps, & and A.V. Alexander.
• Mountbatten Plan:
  • Lord Mountbatten proposed a plan in May 1947 according to which provinces were to be declared independent successor states with the power to choose whether to join the constituent assembly or not.
    • In May 1947, Mountbatten came up with a plan under which he proposed that the provinces be declared independent successor states and then be allowed to choose whether to join the constituent assembly or not.
    • This plan was called the ‘Dickie Bird Plan’.