Simla Conference of 1945

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constitutional negotiation political conference

The Simla Conference of 1945 was a high-level political meeting convened by the British government in India to negotiate a postwar constitutional framework and power-sharing arrangement between the Indian National Congress, the All India Muslim League, and other parties.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Simla Conference of 1945 canonical	3
Shimla Conference of 1945	1
Simla Conference 1945	1
Wavell Plan negotiations	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional negotiation ⓘ political conference ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Simla Conference of 1945 ⓘ surface form: Shimla Conference of 1945
basedOn	Wavell Plan ⓘ
causeOf	continued constitutional deadlock in British India ⓘ
chairperson	Lord Wavell ⓘ surface form: Archibald Wavell
convenedBy	Lord Wavell ⓘ surface form: Viceroy Archibald Wavell
country	British India ⓘ
endTime	1945-07-14 ⓘ
followedBy	Cabinet Mission negotiations ⓘ surface form: Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946 Cabinet Mission negotiations ⓘ surface form: Cabinet Mission to India
goal	to create a power-sharing arrangement between major Indian parties ⓘ to form a new Executive Council at the centre ⓘ to prepare a postwar constitutional settlement for India ⓘ
hasPart	Simla Conference of 1945 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Wavell Plan negotiations
historicalPeriod	final phase of World War II ⓘ late British Raj ⓘ
issue	Congress–League rivalry ⓘ Muslim representation in the proposed Executive Council ⓘ representation of the All-India Muslim League ⓘ
location	Shimla ⓘ Shimla ⓘ surface form: Simla
mainSubject	formation of an interim national government ⓘ postwar constitutional framework for India ⓘ power-sharing arrangement in British India ⓘ
organizer	Government of British India ⓘ surface form: British Government in India
outcome	failure to reach agreement ⓘ
participant	All India Muslim League ⓘ surface form: All-India Muslim League Indian National Congress ⓘ Scheduled Caste representatives ⓘ Sikh representatives ⓘ Unionist Party ⓘ other minority representatives in British India ⓘ
politicalContext	British attempts to transfer power in India ⓘ demand for self-government in India ⓘ
precededBy	Cripps Mission to India ⓘ surface form: Cripps Mission of 1942
proposedBy	Lord Wavell ⓘ surface form: Archibald Wavell
relatedTo	Indian independence movement ⓘ Pakistan Movement ⓘ constitutional history of India ⓘ
result	no interim government formed ⓘ rejection of the Wavell Plan in practice ⓘ
significantPerson	B. R. Ambedkar ⓘ Baldev Singh ⓘ Jawaharlal Nehru ⓘ Maulana Abul Kalam Azad ⓘ Muhammad Ali Jinnah ⓘ
startTime	1945-06-25 ⓘ
timePeriod	June–July 1945 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

All India Muslim League → participatedIn → Simla Conference of 1945 ⓘ

Lord Wavell → notableEvent → Simla Conference of 1945 ⓘ

Simla Conference of 1945 → alsoKnownAs → Simla Conference of 1945 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shimla Conference of 1945

Simla Conference of 1945 → hasPart → Simla Conference of 1945 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wavell Plan negotiations

Cabinet Mission negotiations → hasPart → Simla Conference of 1945 ⓘ

Pakistan Movement → significantEvent → Simla Conference of 1945 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Simla Conference 1945