Agreement – Disagreements Q. Why British came up the idea of the round table conferences
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- Q. What was decided in the First Round Table conference.
- Q. What was Ghandhi-Irwin Pact.
- Q1. Why did the three Round Table conferences fail in reaching a constitutional settlement
- Q. What was the reaction of the British government on failure of the round table conferences.
- Q. What was “now or never”
- Q. How and who came up with the name of Pakistan
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Agreement – Disagreements Q. Why British came up the idea of the round table conferences. From 1930 onwards, the British Government was losing patience with the Congress and Muslim League as both continued to reject their proposals for a constitutional settlement. Therefore, British Government decided to call all the representatives of the parties and princely states to London for consultation for a constitutional proposal. In the three Round Table Conferences held from 1930-32, Indian leaders were asked to come to an agreement on a future constitutional for India. Q. What was decided in the First Round Table conference. The first Round Table Conference in 1930, the congress was absent because Mr. Ghandhi and other Congress members were in jail. The conference successfully agreed: India must be given dominion status and participation of Indians in the government of British India. Conference also recognized that the rights of the minority communities should be safeguarded. Q. What was Ghandhi-Irwin Pact. For participation in the 2nd conference, Mr. Gandhi and other members of the Congress were released form jail under Gandhi-Irwin Pact. Q. Who participated in the 2nd Round Table conference. Mr. Gandhi represented Congress, Allama Iqbal, Aga Khan and Mr. Jinnah represented the Muslim League. Master Tara Singh represented the Sikhs and Dr. Ambedkar represented the Dalits (the untouchables). Q1. Why did the three Round Table conferences fail in reaching a constitutional settlement? First round table conference failed as Mr. Gandhi and other congress members did not attend it because they were in jail. The 2nd Round table conference was failed due to Mr. Gandhi’s stubborn attitude in rejecting other parties and insisting that only Congress represented all of India led to the failure of the Conference. The 3rd Round table conference in 1932 was poorly attended as there were hardly any delegates. Mr. Jinnah and Mr. Gandhi did not attend and representatives of the Labour Party were not there either. Therefore, the conference could produce no results. Q. What was the reaction of the British government on failure of the round table conferences. The reaction of the British government to the failure of the three conferences was that they decided to work with those parties who were willing and on his return from London, Mr. Gandhi and Congress members were jailed again. Q. What was “now or never” In Jan 1933, four students studying at Cambridge university in Britain led by Chaudhry Rehmat Ali brought out a pamphlet titled “Now or Never”. The pamphlet said that it was the right time to demand separate Muslim state called “Pakistan”. The time was now or it may never happen. Q. How and who came up with the name of Pakistan? Chaudhry Rehmat Ali came up with the name of Pakistan for the separate Muslim state. He gave an explanation that Pakistan is both Persian and Urdu word which mean the “lands for the Pak – spiritually pure and clean”. The word Pakistan is composed of the letters of all 4 homelands i.e. Punjab, Afghania (NWFP), Kashmir, Sindh and Baluchistan. Q2. What was the importance of Communal Award of 1932? Right after the Round Table conferences, the Prime Minister of Britain, Ramsay Macdonald, announced the Communal Award in 1932. This meant that all minority communities in India i.e., Muslims, Sikhs, Anglo-Indians, Christian, Parsees and untouchable would be given separate electorates in future constitution. It was an attempt to resolve the various conflicts among India's many communal interests. Later, the communal Award led to the making of the Government of India Act of 1935 by the British as Indians were failed to come to an agreement. The Act was the last written constitution by the British for their Indian colony and would prove important for the future of Independent India. The Act became the base for the constitutions of independent India and Pakistan after 1947. Download 25.42 Kb. Share with your friends:
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