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Why a Date Fixed by Government for Withdrawal

The government hoped that a fixed date would shock the parties into an agreement on the main question.

The government was keen to avert the developing constitutional crisis.

The government hoped to convince the Indians of British sincerity.

The truth in Wavell’s assessment could no longer be denied—that an irreversible decline of the government’s authority had taken place.