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What to Study: Remember the deadline fixed for the transfer of power and the change of viceroy. Understand where power would go if the constituent assembly was not fully representative, and what would happen to British paramountcy over the princely states. Why is the statement seen as hinting at partition and Balkanisation? Some also see it as a return to the Cripps Offer; this is a view, not a fact.
What to Study: The government had several hopes in fixing a date. Understand what it hoped for with respect to the parties, the constitutional crisis and Indian trust in British sincerity. Also remember what Wavell's assessment of the government's authority had shown.
What to Study: Why was transfer of power to more than one centre acceptable to Congress? Be able to explain what it allowed the existing assembly to do. How did the League react to the statement, and in which province?