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Mr. Gandhi's Seven Points

Sub title : Wartime Constitutional Proposals for a National Government in India

Subject: Indian Independence Movement | World War II | Congress Party | Muslim League | Constitutional Proposals

Language: English

Page: 12 p.

Serial no: 28362

Keyword: Gandhi -- Seven Points -- Civil Disobedience -- National Government -- Viceroy -- Commander-in-Chief -- Defence Portfolio | Rajagopalachari -- Jinnah -- Muslim League -- Pakistan -- Hindu-Muslim Settlement -- Interim Government

Abstract: This file contains multiple versions of Mahatma Gandhi's "Seven Points," outlining his conditions for Congress cooperation in India's war effort, including demands for a truly responsible National Government and provincial autonomy. It includes contrasting perspectives from C. Rajagopalachari on interim arrangements and a statement from M.A. Jinnah linking any settlement to the resolution of Hindu-Muslim differences and the Pakistan demand.

Description: This document is a compilation of press statements and reports detailing Mahatma Gandhi's seven-point proposal for India's constitutional arrangement during World War II. It stipulates conditions like a responsible central government, the Viceroy acting as a constitutional head, and Congress's right to resume civil disobedience. The file also includes C. Rajagopalachari's alternative proposal for an interim government and a significant statement by M.A. Jinnah asserting that Gandhi had "accepted the principle of partition" and that any progress required first settling Hindu-Muslim differences, thus contextualizing the political deadlock of the early. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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