The Cripps Mission was sent after the decision taken by the British War Cabinet in 1942 to grant Dominion Status to India after the War and equal treatment to the Indians on par with other dominions such as Canada and Australia. It was sent amidst the political belligerence in India on various fronts, such as the lack of faith in the British Army’s capacity to defend India against aggressive Japan and the increasing demand for a separate state by the League and Jinnah. But the most important factor was the pressure on Churchill to win the support of Indians for the British cause in the War.