Agreements,

Disagreements and
Deadlock: 1930-39
BOOK PAGE; 55 AND 56
SUB TOPICS;
INTRODUCTION
 THE ROUND TABLE CONFERENCES, 1930-32
 NOW OR NEVER BY CHAUDHRY REHMAT ALI, 1933
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INTRODUCTION:
From 1930s onwards, The British Government was
losing patience with the Congress and Muslim
League as they both reject the proposals for
constitutional settlement. They decided to call all
representatives of India for constitutional proposal to
come to an agreement on making India’s
Constitution.
The Round Table Conference, 1930-32
 In First Round Table Conference Mr Gandhi and other Congress members
were in jail. The Conference agreed on the following points:
 Dominion Status must be given to India.
 Rights of the minority communities should be safeguarded.
 In Second Round Table Conference, the constitutional agreement failed
about the stability of the separate electorates but due to the stubborn attitude
of Gandhi in rejecting other parties opinion.
 The Third Round Table Conference was hardly attended by any delegates as
Mr Gandhi, Jinnah and Labour Party did not attend that so the conference
produced no results.
The Reaction of British Government on
the Round Table Conferences:
 The British Government decided to work with only those parties, who were
willing to work with them for constitutional development.
The Round Table Conference, 1930-32
 In First Round Table Conference Mr Gandhi and other Congress members
were in jail. The Conference agreed on the following points:
 Dominion Status must be given to India.
 Rights of the minority communities should be safeguarded.
 In Second Round Table Conference, the constitutional agreement failed
about the stability of the separate electorates but due to the stubborn attitude
of Gandhi in rejecting other parties opinion.
 The Third Round Table Conference was hardly attended by any delegates as
Mr Gandhi, Jinnah and Labour Party did not attend that so the conference
produced no results.
The Round Table Conference, 1930-32
 In First Round Table Conference Mr Gandhi and other Congress members
were in jail. The Conference agreed on the following points:
 Dominion Status must be given to India.
 Rights of the minority communities should be safeguarded.
 In Second Round Table Conference, the constitutional agreement failed
about the stability of the separate electorates but due to the stubborn attitude
of Gandhi in rejecting other parties opinion.
 The Third Round Table Conference was hardly attended by any delegates as
Mr Gandhi, Jinnah and Labour Party did not attend that so the conference
produced no results.
 Now or Never By Chaudhry Rehmat
Ali, 1933
 "Now or Never," published by Choudhary Rahmat Ali as
"Founder of Pakistan National Movement," in which the
word "Pakistan" appears to have been used for the first
time in a document (1933).

 He further said i appeal on behalf of the thirty million

Muslims of PAKISTAN, who live in the five Northern
Units of India--Punjab, North-West Frontier (Afghan)
Province, Kashmir, Sind, and Baluchistan. It embodies
their demand for the recognition of their national status,
as distinct from the other inhabitants of India, by the
grant to Pakistan of a separate Federal Constitution on
religious, social and historical grounds.
Pause and Think:
Why did Muslims and Hindus
were not able to make any
constitutional settlement for
India even after getting a
chance through three round
table conferences?
 Written Work

Q1. Why did the three round table conferences fail in

reaching a constitutional settlement? 

Q2. If you were a part of round table conferences at that

time what two measures would you have taken to make
them successful?
 Home work For Extensive study:

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00islamlinks/txt_rahmatali_1933.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_Table_Conferences_(India)#:~:text=The%20thre
e%20Round%20Table%20Conferences,and%20ended%20in%20December%201932
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Q1. If you were a part of round table conferences at that time what two measures
would you have taken to make them successful?