recommended further constitutional change. Three round table conferences were held in London in 1930, 1931 and 1932 with representation of the major interests. Mahatma Gandhi attended the 1931 round table after negotiations with the British Government. The major disagreement between the Indian National Congress and the British was separate electorates for each community which Congress opposed but which were retained in Ramsay MacDonald's Communal Award. A new Government of India Act 1935 was passed continuing the move towards self-government first made in the Montagu-Chelmsford Report. References Further reading Montagu Millennium entry on Montagu-Chelmsford Report One Scholar’s Bibliography Britannica Encyclopaedia: Montagu-Chelmsford Report Puja Mondal, Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms and the Government of India Act, 1919. Self study history: Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms Paul Johnson (1991). A History of the Modern World: from 1917 to the 1990s. Weidenfeld and Nicolson London. Merriam-Webster's Biographical Dictionary entry on Edwin Montagu (1995). Merriam-Webster British Empire 1919 in British India Indian independence movement 1919 in India Government of British India