the first round table conference was held in 1889.
when was the first round table conference held?
1889
butler did not approve of the policies of lord irwin, whom he thought a "weak, well-meaning viceroy" for his moves towards greater indian self-government. whereas no indians had been included in the simon commission of the late 1920s, irwin wanted them involved in further talks, and issued the famous irwin declaration on 31 october 1929. butler, by contrast, wrote to his son rab (13 august 1930) that "there is nothing like a cut across the buttocks for checking religious emotions – i have generally ordered whipping for the low class people caught at this game". the first round table conference began in november 1930. the gandhi-irwin pact followed on 5 march 1931, followed by a release of prisoners. butler had wanted to be an official delegate to the round table conference and wrote of gandhi (28 july 1931) "all this slobber over him disgusts me". the second round table conference began in september 1931, with the indian congress party taking part.
montagu sherard dawes butler
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the belgo-congolese round table conference () was a meeting organized in two parts in 1960 in brussels (january 20 – february 20 and april 26 – may 16 ) between on the one side representatives of the congolese political class and chiefs () and on the other side belgian political and business leaders. the round table meetings led to the adoption of sixteen resolutions on the future of the belgian congo and its institutional reforms. with a broad consensus, the date for independence was set on june 30, 1960.





























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belgo-congolese round table conference