With reference to Bombay Conference (1941), consider the following statements:
1. The conference was presided by Sir Tejbahadur Sapru.
2. It was attended by all Congress members.
3. It proposed that Britain should make a declaration promising India complete independence after World War II.
How many of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) Only one
(b) Only two
(c) All three
(d) None
Explanation Statement 1 is correct: Sir Tejbahadur Sapru, a leading lawyer from Allahabad, presided over a conference called the Bombay Conference to arrive at a settlement with the government and to put across the Indian perspective. This conference was organised on 13-14 March 1941 in Bombay.
Statement 2 is not correct: It was largely attended by prominent non-Congress members, many of whom had attended the Round Table Conferences in London in 1931.
Statement 3 is not correct: The conference proposed that Britain should make a declaration promising India Dominion Status after the war. Secondly, in the interval, all central government portfolios should be transferred to the hands of non-official Indians. These proposals, thus, differed from the Congress proposals in that they did not demand immediate independence and they also proposed that the central executive in India should remain responsible to the Crown at least for the duration of the war. The proposals aroused considerable expectations. However, the talks with the government ultimately failed. The government refused to concede to any of the proposals.
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