INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On 8 August 1940, Viceroy of India Lord Linlithgow made a statement of behalf of British parliament which came to be known as the ‘August Offer’, which: Proposed Dominion status as the objective for India.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -It said that support for the war would be provided if power was transferred to an interim government in India. Then, the Viceroy Linlithgow made a set of proposals called the ‘August offer’.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.