Topic 3: Consultation and confrontation, 1930–42

Question 1

When was the Second Round Table conference?

Answer 1

Sept-Dec 1931

Question 2

What happened at the Second Round Table conference?

Answer 2

Gandhi supports ‘young hooligans’ and Purna Swaraj
Could not accept dominion status (opposed 1st conference outcome)

Not successful

Question 3

Why was the Second Round Table conference unsuccessful?

Answer 3

Hindus & Muslims couldn’t agree

Gandhi (Congress) worried that as princely and Muslim alliance would outweigh Congress’ recommendations

Not United

Question 4

What was the 1931 Gandhi-Irwin Pact?

Answer 4

End civil-disobedience

Gandhi attend second London conference

19,000 congress supporters released from jail

Confiscated property returned to owners

Question 5

When was the Communal Award?

Answer 5

Aug. 4th 1932

Question 6

What was the Communal Award?

Answer 6

expanded the separate-electorate formula reserved for Muslims to other minorities

Question 7

When was the Yeravda Pact (Poona Pact)

Answer 7

Sept. 24th 1932

Question 8

What was the Yeravda Pact (Poona Pact)

Answer 8

agreement between Hindu leaders in India granting new rights to untouchables (low-caste Hindu groups).

Withdrew separate electorates but gave increased representation to the untouchable Castes for a 10-year period.

Question 9

When was The Third Round Table Conference?

Answer 9

Nov-Dec 1932

Question 10

Why was The Third Round Table Conference unsuccessful?

Answer 10

Only 46 delegates attended

None from Congress or Labour

Nothing agreed and no conclusion

Question 11

What did the 1935 Government of India Act do?

Answer 11

Divided into 11 provinces

Dyarchy abolished

Separate electorates

Burma separate

2 new states

Viceroy appointed by British Gov.

Question 12

Who opposed the 1935 Government of India Act and why?

Answer 12

Congress opposed Act

• Wanted full independence
• Wanted central gov. (strongly Hindu)
• Objected reserving seats for minorities

Muslim League objected Act

• Not enough power
• No guaranteed protection of Muslim rights

Question 13

In which Provinces did Congress have overall control of, after the 1937 elections?

Answer 13

United & Central Provinces

Orissa

Bombay

Madras

Question 14

Why was the Muslim League so unsuccessful in the 1937 elections?

Answer 14

No strong leadership till 1935

Jinnah could not find enough candidates for all reserved Muslim seats

Question 15

What happened in 1939?

Answer 15

Viceroy Linlithgow declared war on behalf of India

Without consulting india

Question 16

When was the Lahore Resolution?

Answer 16

March 1940

Question 17

What was the Lahore Resolution?

Answer 17

Jinnah called meeting in Lahore
Approx. 100,000 Muslims attended

Set out what the Muslim league considered were the basic principles of any new constitution of India.

Areas where Muslims are the majority should be grouped to form separate independent states.

Question 18

What was the 1940 August Offer?

Answer 18

‘Representative’ Indians would join Executive Council
War Advisory Council established

Assurance gov. Would not adopt any new constitution without prior approval of Muslim India

Muslim League at centre of any decision making about India’s future

Question 19

When was the Forward Bloc Party created?

Answer 19

In 1939 by Bose

Question 20

What was agreed in the 1941 Atlantic Charter?

Answer 20

Roosevelt & Churchill agreed that all peoples after war would have self-determination

Churchill said that this didn’t apply to British empire

Churchill agreed to cripps mission

Question 21

When was The Cripps mission?

Answer 21

March 1942

Question 22

What was The Cripps mission?

Answer 22

After war, an elected body would create frame for new indian constitution

Provisions for Indian states participation in the constitution making body

right not to accept new constitution - agree on a new constitution giving them status as indian Union.

British to remain in control for the duration of the war.