Indian Constitution, 1942-03 - 1943-10
Scope and Contents
Papers on proposals for India's new constitution, including: notes on a suggested visit to India by LSA; notes for LSA's memoirs; extracts from Hansard on the food situation in India; [?] notes taken by LSA in War Cabinet meetings on [Richard] Stafford Cripps's mission to the Indian National Congress and General 1st Lord Wavell [Commander-in-Chief, India] and his proposals to the India Committee; text of LSA speech on the Indian food situation and annotated letter to the Birmingham Post on the Bengal [parts of Bangladesh and India] famine; telegrams between LSA and William Hughes on the Indian negotiations and the importance of Britain making a good impression on Herbert Evatt [Australian representative in the British War Cabinet], with covering letter from Clement Attlee, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs.
Dates
- Creation: 1942-03 - 1943-10
Conditions Governing Access
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Extent
1 file(s)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
Box 328
Finding aid date
2003-12-05 16:04:06.140000+00:00
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
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