INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The August Offer was an offer made by Viceroy Linlithgow in 1940 promising the expansion of the Executive Council of the Viceroy of India to include more Indians, the establishment of an advisory war council, giving full weight to minority opinion, and the recognition of Indians’ right to frame their own constitution.

Detailed explanation-2: -August Offer UPSC The offer was made by Lord Linlithgow in Simla in 1940 to win India’s support in World War II. The 1940 August Offer promised to award India the status of a Dominion and grant many of the demands made by the Indian nationalists.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1940, Viceroy of India, Lord Linlithgow on 8 August promised that a constituent Assembly would be set up after the war which would determine India’s constitutional future and this came to be referred as “ August offer”.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Viceroy of India, Lord Linlithgow, issued a statement from Shimla on 8 August 1940 known as the August Offer. It was an attempt to secure the cooperation of the Indians in WW II. Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of England at the time.

Detailed explanation-5: -a) The august offer was announced on 8 August 1940. This offer was made by Viceroy Linlithgow in 1940. This proposal was made early in the Battle of Britain. b) It was promised for India after the Second World War that all the parties and communities in India would cooperate in Britain’s efforts.