UK Parliamentary Archives

• Held At: Parliamentary Archives: GB-061
• Catalogue Reference: BOT
• Former Archival Reference: Historical Collection 349
• Ref No: BOT
• Date: 1968-1971
• Level: Fonds
• Extent: 1 file
• Creator Name: Bottomley, Arthur, (1907-1979)
• Administrative or Biographical History: In early 1946, the Labour Government despatched an all-party parliamentary delegation to India to meet Indian leaders and convince them of the British desire for an early settlement of the Indian constitutional issue. Members of the delegation were: the Earl of Munster, Muriel Nichol, Lord Chorley, Mr Godfrey Nicholson, Mr Hopkin Morris, Brigadier Low, Mr Bottomley, Mr Sorensen, Professor Richards, Major Wyatt.
  
  There followed, in March 1946, a "Cabinet Mission", made up of Cabinet Ministers, Lord Pethick-Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps and Mr. A. V. Alexander. The negotiations during the Cabinet Mission were conducted on behalf of the Congress by Abul Kalam Azad who was assisted by Pandit Jawahir Lal Nehru and Sardar Patel. Gandhi was, however, frequently consulted. The negotiations were stalled on the basic question whether India was to remain united or to be split up to satisfy the Muslim League?s demand for Pakistan.
• Acquisition: Transferred from the Lords Library on 23 December 1988. Accession Number 2574.
• Category: Personal/Political Papers
• Description: This collection consists of a photocopy of and correspondence relating to a corrected transcript of an interview given by Arthur Bottomley, MP to the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library in Delhi in January 1968, about the Parliamentary Delegation to India in 1946.
• Terms:
  • India,
  • Pakistan,
  • Politicians,
• Language: English
• Related Material: SOR/67 contains correspondence, memoranda, notes, press cuttings and photographs relating to the British Parliamentary Delegation to India. Other papers of Arthur Bottomley are in HC/LB/1/124.
• Related Record:
  • HC/LB/1/124,
• Access Status: Open

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