The plan of Sir Stafford Cripps envisaged that after the Second World War

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Cripps Mission was sent to India under the presidency of Stafford Cripps in March 1942. The intention was to get Indian support for Britishers in the ongoing World War II. It proposed:An Indian Dominion that will be free to decide its relations with the Commonwealth and United Nations.A constituent assembly to be convened to frame a new constitution.Any province not willing to join the Union could have a separate constitution and form a separate entity.Other points in the proposal were:Acceptance of the Indian constitution by the British government would be subject to the condition that any province would have the right to have a separate union.A treaty to be negotiated to effect the power transfer to safeguard racial and religious minorities.Defense of India to remain in British hands.Source Citation: NCERT, Bipin Chandra, Spectrum