1930-1934 Timeline

1930-1934 Timeline

1. 1st Roundtable Conference 1930

   • Gandhi-Irwin Pact March 1931
     • 2nd Roundtable Conference Sept 1931
       • Communal Award August 1932
         • Gandhi rearrested, Civil Disob restarts
           • 3rd Round Table Conf Nov 1932
             • Individual Civil Disobedience 1933-34
               • Congress made announcement that people should feel free to take responsibility of own civil disobedience
                 • 1000s took part, whilst Congress could take no blame
                   • Action crushed by mass arrest and repression
                     • 100,000 arrested as a result of civil disob as a whole
                       • Nationalists lost respect for British
                         • Had Greater success than anticipated
                           • Brits still didnt know how to deal with Gandhi
                             • Increased participation and support - people can campaign for whatever they want
             • Pointless
               • Scarcely attended
                 • No major parties/majorites
                   • No agreement
           • British Raj grants emergency powers
             • Gandhi arrested
               • Then released on health grounds due to fasting
                 • Advised Congress to end civil disob and requested that Govt release prisoners
                   • Both requests refused
                     • Shows limits of Gandhi's power
         • Sets out rights to separate representation for minorities
           • Gave reserved seats
             • Gandhi fully opposed this, believed Congress was best place for Dalits
               • Gandhi fasted in protest of this
       • Similar purpose as first conference
         • well-attended by all
           • Gandhi is only rep of Congress
             • Claims to speak for all Indians/parties
               • Caused anger among other parties
                 • Ends without agreement on political protection of different religious communities
                   • Gandhi strongly against idea of reserved seats
                     • Saw Congress as umbrella party
     • Gandhi Agreed to
       • End Civil Disobedience
       • Partake in next roundtable conference
     • Irwin Agreed to
       • Hold an inquiry into Police brutality
       • Release political prisoners not guilty of violence
       • Make all future changes in India's interest
     • SUGGESTION
       • Gandhi holds same amount of power as viceroy
   • Aim: to settle India's future
     • Held in house of Lords
       • Included Muslims, Sikhs, Christians and Dalits
         • No Gandhi/Congress
           • Needed to get council agreement before making laws
             • 2 points of Agreement
               • British India and Princely India should be linked
               • Reserved seats should be given