Attlee’s Announcement (1946)
- The British Labour Party on the eve of elections in Great Britain had repeatedly assured the Indians that it would take up the case of India’s independence most sympathetically.
- After coming to office, despite the threat of Japan, it began to take interest in Indian affairs. When the deliberations were being held in India, the Labour Government sent a parliamentary committee consisting of the representatives of all the British political parties together first-hand information about India.
- On the basis of the delegation’s report, Mr. Attlee announced in the House of Commons on 15th March as the tide of nationalism was surging very ....
