Cabinet Mission Members Identification
The Cabinet Mission of 1946 was sent to India to discuss the transfer of powers from British to Indian leadership. Understanding its composition is key for historical context.
Cabinet Mission Composition
The mission comprised three prominent British cabinet ministers:
- Lord Pethick-Lawrence: The Secretary of State for India and the mission's chairman.
- Sir Stafford Cripps: President of the Board of Trade.
- AV Alexander: First Lord of the Admiralty.
Exclusion of Sir John Simon
Sir John Simon was a notable British statesman but was not part of the 1946 Cabinet Mission. He had previously chaired the Indian Statutory Commission (Simon Commission) in 1927.
Therefore, Sir John Simon was NOT a member of the Cabinet Mission.
Similar Questions
- Who among the following resisted the demand for the formation of Pakistan?
- Who had called for Direct Action Day?
- Which Prime Minister sent the Cripps Mission to India in 1942?
- Which one of the following provision was a part of the Indian Independence Act of 1947?
- The Quit India Movement started in the year:
- Who proclaimed the formation of a provisional government of the Azad Hind on October 21, 1943?
- Where was Mahatma Gandhi on the day India got Independence?
- Which political party was in power in England when the Cabinet Mission came to India?
- Which British Prime Minister sent Cripps Mission to India?
Who among the following was one of the defence attorneys of the famous ‘Sehgal-Dhillon-Shah Nawaz’ trials?
Important Questions from Freedom to Partition (1939-1947)
The princely states that were unwilling to join the Indian Union until July 1947 included:
a. Baroda
b. Travancore
c. Bikaner
d. Bhopal
The first major nation wide Satyagraha launched by Mahatma Gandhi was against:
Who was the Chairman of the Partition Council?
With reference to 8th August, 1942 in Indian history, which one of the following statements is correct?
- Arrange the following significant events in the history of India's independence struggle in chronological order, from earliest to latest:
1. Cripps Mission
2. Wavell Plan
3. Quit India Movement
4. Cabinet Mission
5. August Offer
6. Royal Indian Navy Mutiny
Which of the following sequences is correct?
