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Chapter 8 15 April

The Round Table Conferences from 1930-1932 aimed to discuss constitutional reforms in British India but failed to produce an agreement due to various parties not attending or disagreeing on key issues. Rahmat Ali coined the term 'Pakistan' in 1933 advocating for a separate Muslim state in South Asia which gained popularity and influenced the eventual creation of Pakistan in 1947.

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Chapter 8 15 April

The Round Table Conferences from 1930-1932 aimed to discuss constitutional reforms in British India but failed to produce an agreement due to various parties not attending or disagreeing on key issues. Rahmat Ali coined the term 'Pakistan' in 1933 advocating for a separate Muslim state in South Asia which gained popularity and influenced the eventual creation of Pakistan in 1947.

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Chapter:8

 the Round Table Conferences, 1930–32


 The Round Table Conferences were a series of
three meetings held in London between 1930 and
1932 to discuss constitutional reforms in British
India.
• There were three Round Table Conferences (RTC) held in London
• • Both Gandhi and Jinnah attended some of the RTC’s but not necessarily at the same time
• • Congress did not attend the first RTC and began non-cooperation programme
• • The Muslim community felt the first RTC was a success
• • At the first RTC the Princely States declared they would join a future federal system for India
• • The British agreed at the first RTC that representative government should be introduced at
provincial level
• • Congress attended the second RTC
• • Agreement that the NWFP and Sindh should be made provinces was made at the second
RTC
• • Gandhi was seen as refusing to recognise the problems of the minorities.
• • Congress boycotted the third RTC
• • The Princes also boycotted the third RTC
• • Jinnah went into voluntary exile
• • Nothing of importance was agreed at the third RTC
 First Round Table Conference (1930): Held from
November 1930 to January 1931, it was chaired by
British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald.
 The conference aimed to address the Indian
constitutional reforms demanded by various
Indian political parties, including the Indian
National Congress. However, due to the
absence of the Congress and the Muslim
League, its outcomes were limited.
• Second Round Table Conference (1931):
The conference aimed to address the Indian
constitutional reforms demanded by various Indian
political parties, including the Indian National Congress.
However, due to the absence of the Congress and the
Muslim League, its outcomes were limited.
• However, due to the absence of the Congress and the
Muslim League, its outcomes were limited..
 The Indian National Congress, led by Mahatma
Gandhi, attended this conference, but the talks failed to
yield significant agreements due to the irreconcilable
differences between Congress and Muslim League
demands.
 Third Round Table Conference (1932): Held from
November to December 1932, this conference primarily
focused on the representation of minorities in the future
Indian government. However, with the absence of the
Congress and the failure to reach a consensus on key
issues, this conference also ended without substantial
progress.
 Overall, the Round Table Conferences failed to produce a
viable plan for Indian constitutional reform, leading to further
political deadlock and paving the way for more intense
struggles for Indian independence in the years that followed.
 The Communal Award of 1932 was a significant
decision made by British Prime Minister Ramsay
MacDonald in August 1932. It aimed to address the
demands of various religious communities in British
India for separate electorates and political
representation.
The award proposed separate electorates for different
religious communities, including Muslims, Sikhs, Indian
Christians, Anglo-Indians, (then referred to as the
"Depressed Classes").
 Rahmat Ali and the Pakistan
National Movement, 1933
• Rahmat Ali was a Pakistani nationalist who coined the term
"Pakistan" in 1933, advocating for a separate Muslim-
majority nation in South Asia. His ideas gained attraction of
growing concerns among Muslims about their political future
in a predominantly Hindu India..
 Rahmat Ali published a pamphlet titled "Now or Never;
Are We to Live or Perish Forever?" in 1933, outlining
his vision for an independent Muslim state called
Pakistan, an acronym derived from the names of the
Muslim-majority regions: Punjab, (North-West Frontier
Province), Kashmir, Sindh, and Baluchistan
 Rahmat Ali's Pakistan National Movement aimed to
mobilize support for the creation of Pakistan. While
his ideas were initially met with skepticism, they
gradually gained popularity, especially among
Muslim intellectuals and politicians in British India.
Rahmat Ali's concept of Pakistan laid the ideological
groundwork for the eventual creation of Pakistan in
1947 .

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