lord minto announced a vague offer of dominion status for india in 1929.
lord minto announced a vague offer of dominion status for india in 1929.
who announced a vague offer of dominion status for india in 1929?
lord minto
gandhi–irwin pact









































the 'gandhi-irwin pact' was a political agreement signed by mahatma gandhi and lord irwin, the then viceroy of india, on 5 march 1931 before the second round table conference in london. before this, lord irwin, the viceroy, had announced in october 1929 a vague offer of 'dominion status' for british india in an unspecified future and a round table conference to discuss a future constitution. the second round table conference was held from september to december 1931 in london.
gandhi–irwin pact
when the war ended, d. s. senanayake was ready, on a mission to whitehall to push for full dominion status instead of the status discussed in the 1943 colonial secretary's report. during august–september 1945 senanayake argued that the limits on ceylon's external sovereignty (defence and external affairs), adhered to by the soulbury report were unworkable and unnecessary. senanayake suggested the confirmation of dominion status by an order in council, and delivered a draft to g. h. hall, the new secretary to the colonies. while the new labour government was prepared to accept the soulbury report, it was firmly opposed to granting dominion status. the british were willing to consider dominion status six years after the soulbury constitution, say in 1953-54, although this was not revealed to the ceylonese politicians. in 1947, with the general election to the new parliament scheduled for august–september 1947, senanayake once again pressed whitehall for a more precise date for dominion status. arthur creeh-jones, successor to hall in the colonial office was much more receptive to senanayake's request. independence for india was announced by the labour cabinet on 20 february 1947. oliver goonatilleke, who was handling the negotiations in whitehall on behalf of senanayake, argued that the immediate granting of dominion status was urgently necessary since the moderates were under increasing pressure from left-wing and nationalist extremist groups. the british government made the official announcement on 18 june 1947 that the island would receive "fully responsible status within the british commonwealth of nations".
soulbury commission