White Paper on Indian States (1950)/Part 3/Simla Conference of 1945
Simla Conference of 1945
59. In spite of the deepening crisis of the war, no further serious effort was made to resolve the political deadlock in India until the Simla Conference of 1945. In view of its limited objective, the States were not invited to this Conference. It turned out to be no more than a repeat performance of the Cripps drama; the usual series of conferences, an occasional flicker of hope, the final veto of communal intransigence and a trail of bitterness and frustration.