<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (April 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> The August Offer was a proposal made by the British government in 1940 promising the expansion of the Executive Council of the Viceroy of India to include more Indians, the establishment of an advisory war council, giving full weight to minority opinion, and the recognition of Indians' right to frame their own constitution (after the end of the war). In return, it was hoped that all parties and communities in India would cooperate in Britain's efforts in World War II . </P> <P> A change of government took place in Britain on May 1940 when Winston Churchill became the prime minister (1940--45). In addition, the fall of France saw the softening of the attitude of the Indian National Congress in India regarding its demands . Britain was in immediate danger of Nazi occupation, and as the war was taking a menacing turn from the allied point of view, congress offered to cooperate in the war if a transfer of authority in India was made to an interim government . The British government's response to these demands was a statement delivered by the then Viceroy, Lord Linlithgow, known as the August Offer . </P> <P> On 8 August 1940, early in the Battle of Britain, the Viceroy of India, Lord Linlithgow, made the so - called "August Offer", a fresh proposal promising the expansion of the Executive Council to include more Indians, the establishment of an advisory war council, giving full weight to minority opinion, and the recognition of Indians' right to frame their own constitution (after the end of the war). In return, it was hoped that all parties and communities in India would cooperate in Britain's war effort . </P>

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