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Question
State any three salient proposals of the August offer.
Solution
August offer contained the following proposals:
(i) After the war a representative Indian body would be set up immediately to frame a Constitution for India.
(ii) The present Viceroy’s Executive Council would be expanded without delay to include Indian leaders.
(iii) The Government also reaffirmed its desire to give full weight to the opinion of the Indian Ministers.
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