Who prepared "C.R. Formula" to remove the political deadlock between Muslim League and Indian National Cogress?

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  1. Jawaharlal Nehru
  2. Rajgopalachari
  3. Chittaranjan Das
  4. V. P. Menon

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Option 2 : Rajgopalachari
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Key Points

  • Purpose of the C R Formula was to solve the political standoff between the All India Muslim League and Indian National Congress.
  • League’s position was that the Muslims and Hindus of British India were of two separate nations and hence the Muslims had the right to their own nation.
  • The principle of the CR Formula was a proposal for the Congress to offer the League Muslim Pakistan based on the referendum of all the peoples in the regions where Muslims made a majority.
  • The Muslim league was to support the demand for independence for the traditional period, i.e. Muslim league would support the congress’s demand for complete freedom and then majority provinces would go to the referendum especially northeastern provinces.
  • The Muslim league supporting the congress demand for full independence and cooperating with it in forming an interim government in the transition period.
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