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- The Third Round Table Conference was the final of three London meetings convened by the British government in 1932 to discuss Indian constitutional reform.
- Why did the Indian National Congress not attend the Third Round Table Conference?
- What was the outcome of the Third Round Table Conference?
- How did the Third Round Table Conference differ from the second?
- What is the link between the Round Table Conferences and the Communal Award?

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The Third Round Table Conference was the final of three London meetings convened by the British government in 1932 to discuss Indian constitutional reform.

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1. 31 October 1929

   The conferences originated in the recommendations of the Simon Commission (1927–1930), whose all-British composition provoked nationwide protest in India, an…

2. 24 December 1932

   The third session was held from 17 November to , under the premiership of Ramsay MacDonald, who led the National Government, with Sir Samuel Hoare as Secreta…

3. 16 August 1932

   Between the second and third sessions, on , MacDonald had issued the Communal Award, allocating separate electorates to depressed classes and other minoritie…

4. 24 September 1932

   Between the second and third sessions, on 16 August 1932, MacDonald had issued the Communal Award, allocating separate electorates to depressed classes and o…

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In November 1932, British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald convened the Third Round Table Conference in London with only forty-six delegates, neither the Indian National Congress nor the British Labour Party attending.

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