Britain was ready to try again. Last week, in parallel broadcasts, Prime Minister Clement Attlee (from London) and Viceroy Lord Wavell (from New Delhi) tendered the Labor Government's new plan in fulfillment of its election promise to offer India Dominion status. Based on the abortive Cripps and Wavell Plans, both of which foundered largely on the failure of India's 256 million Hindus and 92 million Moslems to agree, the new plan promised self-rule (i.e., Dominion status) by degrees:
ΒΆ Elections are to be held for the Central Assembly and the eleven Provincial Legislatures. Some 35,000,000 Indians will vote in provincial elections, 1,500,000...
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