Round Table Conference


 
 
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Round Table Conference

First Round Table Conference (1931):

First ever conference arranged between the British and Indians as equals.

  • Congress and most business leaders kept away.
  • Muslim League was represented by Mohammed Ali, Agha Khan, Fazlul Haq and Jinnah.
  • Hindu Mahasabha was represented by Moonje and Jayakar.
  • Liberals were represented by Sapru, Chintamani and Srinivas Sastri.
  • Princes were represented by Akbar Hydari and Mirza Ismail, the Dewans of Hyderabad and Mysore, respectively.
  • With incidents of rising violence and with majority of leading Congress leaders behind bars. Gandhi called for rather sudden retreat. He initiated a talk with Irwin, which culminated in the Delhi Pact of 5th March popularly called Gandhi-Irwin pact.

    Gandhi-Irwin Pact (1931)

  • At the time when this movement was at its peak. Viceroy Irwin took the initiative to release the arrested Congress leaders and invited Mahatma Gandhi to hold talks.
  • After the long negotiations between Gandhi and Irwin, the Gandhi-Irwin pact was concluded on March 5, 1931, whose main terms were as follows.
  • (i)  Under Gandhi's leadership, the Congress agreed to end the Civil Disobedience Movement.

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    Question : 1

    Arrange the following in chronological order.

    I. Dandi March

    II. Simon commission

    III. Poona pact

    IV. Gandhi - Irwin pact

    Right Option : B
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    Question : 2

    The Gandhi Irwin Pact was approved at the Karachi Congress Session in March _____________________.

    Right Option : C
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    Question : 3

    On 8 May 1933, Gandhiji began a __________________ in the prison, with a view to repenting the mistreatment by the Hindus towards the untouchables.

    Right Option : D
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