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When the change of government took place in Britain, the fall of France and the danger of Nazi occupation of Britain temporarily softened the hard stance of Congress. On June 1, 1940, Mahatma Gandhi declared, "We do not seek our independence out of British ruin".

A change of government took place in Britain in May 1940. Winston Churchill became Prime Minister and Leo Amery took over as Secretary of State for India.

A change of government took place in Britain in May 1940. Winston Churchill became Prime Minister and Leo Amery took over as Secretary of State for India.

In 1940, the Muslim league passed a resolution demanding the partition of the country and creation of a state called Pakistan. The name Pakistan was derived from the letter of the provinces and communities that the new country would comprise Punjab, Afghan, Kashmir, Sind, and Baluchistan.

The international compulsions forced the British government and the British Indian government to seek some settlement or understanding with the Congress. So on August 8, 1940, Lord Linlithgow, the Viceroy of India made a new offer known as August Offer.

A change of government took place in Britain in May 1940. Winston Churchill became Prime Minister and Amery took over as Secretary of State for India.

The All-India Congress Commitee met at Bombay on August 8, 1942 and passed the Quit India Resolution adopted at Wardha in July 1942. The Congress proposed to start a non-violent mass struggle under Gandhiji's leadership if this demand of immediate and complete independence was not conceded by the British.

The government resorted to severe measures to crush the 1942 Movement, Gandhiji was detained at the Agha Khan Palace in Pune; the other leaders were sent to jail in Ahmednagar Fort. In the end, the government succeeded in crushing the movement.

With the Japanese army rapidly advancing towards India, it became necessary for the British to break the political deadlock in India. Churchill announced in March 1942, that Sir Stafford Cripps, a member of the War cabinet, would go to India for consultation with all the parties. The Cripps' Mission proposed the Constitutional reforms that India would be given a dominion status when the war would end.

All Congress ministries resigned in October 1939.  When World War II started in 1939 , the British were fighting against the Axis Powers. The Viceroy of India annouced India's involvement without consulting its representative political leaders. Congress asked for transfer of power in repayment of their cooperation in war , which the British government denied. As a result , Congress ministries resigned. Thus came to an end the nightmarish rule which had terrorized Muslim community beyond imagination. Quaid - i - Azam asked the Muslims to observe it as a 'Day of Deliverance' with peace and without any harmful intent towards any other nation.