Why did the Congress Ministers resign in 1939?

A. The British government refused to release the prisoners of war.
B. The Second Round Table conference in London was inconclusive.
C. The British government refused to give promise to grant independence to India after the war.
D. Gandhi was not given proper attention.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

C Only

The correct answer is Option (2) → C Only

In 1935 a new Government of India Act promised some form of representative government. Two years later, in an election held on the basis of a restricted franchise, the Congress won a comprehensive victory. Now eight out of 11 provinces had a Congress “Prime Minister”, working under the supervision of a British Governor. In September 1939, two years after the Congress ministries assumed office, the Second World War broke out. Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru had both been strongly critical of Hitler and the Nazis. Accordingly, they promised Congress support to the war effort if the British, in return, promised to grant India independence once hostilities ended. The offer was refused. In protest, the Congress ministries resigned in October 1939. Through 1940 and 1941, the Congress organised a series of individual satyagrahas to pressure the rulers to promise freedom once the war had ended.