meaning: the Muslim league were assured that no constitutional scheme would be acceptable to the government until and unless it was agreed by minorities,this made the congress to reject the august offer since it was in favor of Muslim league. source: Wikipedia(little) and history book. read more
This was the August Offer of 1940. In the Offer there was proposal for immediate expansion of the Viceroy's Executive Council to include some more Indians, and formation of a War Advisory Council. The Congress, however, refused to accept the August Offer and began Civil Disobedience on a limited scale. read more
On 8 August 1940, early in the Battle of Britain, the Viceroy of India, Lord Linlithgow, made the so-called "August Offer", a fresh proposal promising the expansion of the Executive Council to include more Indians, the establishment of an advisory war council, giving full weight to minority opinion, and the recognition of Indians' right to frame their own constitution (after the end of the war). read more