Question

The Indians were allowed to frame their Constitution by _____.

• A. The Council Act of $1909$
• B. Montford Reforms
• C. August Offer
• D. The Government of India Act of $1935$

Answer 1

The correct option is C August Offer

The Viceroy of India, Lord Linlithgow, issued a statement from Simla on 8 August 1940 known as the August Offer. It was an attemt to secure the cooperation of the Indians in WW II. Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of England at the time. Some of the provisions of the August Offer were:

1. Dominion status as the objective for India.

2. The number of the Indians in the Viceroy’s Executive council will be increased.

3. A representative Indian “Constitution Making Body” shall be appointed immediately after the war which would be responsible for framing the Constitution.