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The meeting of Indian and British political leaders during 1930-32 in London has often been referred to as the First. Second and Third Round Table Conferences. It would be incorrect to refer to them as such because
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Although often numbered, the gatherings in London during 1930–32 were a single Round Table process held in three sessions rather than three separate conferences. Contemporary accounts and reference works describe the events as a series of meetings conducted in three sessions to consider constitutional reforms for India, explicitly characterising them as sessions of one conference rather than distinct conferences [1]. Thus labelling them as First, Second and Third Round Table Conferences is misleading in form: they were sequential sessions of the same Round Table exercise called by the British government, even though participation and outcomes varied between sessions.
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- [1] https://www.britannica.com/event/Round-Table-Conference
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