Gandhi-Jinnah talks
Topic: The National Movement: Gandhian Era · NCERT: Class 12, Ch 3 "Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement"
Meaning
The Gandhi-Jinnah talks were a series of meetings held in Bombay in September 1944, soon after Gandhi was released from jail. Gandhi tried to find common ground between the Congress and the Muslim League. The talks failed over the Pakistan demand. Jinnah wanted the two-nation theory and a separate Pakistan accepted first. Gandhi wanted India to win freedom together first.
Example
In 1944 Gandhi went to Jinnah's house in Bombay for several rounds of talks. They exchanged letters but reached no agreement. Their failure deepened the three-way struggle between the Congress, the League and the British.
Don't confuse with
- Cripps Mission (1942): this was a British offer to Indian leaders, and it failed over the demand for an Indian Defence Member. The Gandhi-Jinnah talks were between two Indian leaders only, with no British side.
Related concepts
- Provincial elections of 1937
- Congress ministries 1937-39
- Wardha scheme of basic education
- Congress Socialist Party
- Haripura session 1938
- Tripuri crisis 1939
- Forward Bloc
- Second World War
- Lord Linlithgow
- Resignation of Congress ministries