The three Round Table Conferences of 1930-32 were a series of conferences that were organized to chalk out the future constitution of India in the light of suggestions given by the Indian leaders.
The First Round Table Conference was held from 12th November 1930 to 19th January 1931. The Congress boycotted the conference as its demand for a discussion on ‘Purna Swaraj’ of India was rejected by the British Government.
The Second Round Table Conference was held in London in September, 1931. Gandhiji went to England to attend it along with Sarojini Naidu, Mahadev Desai, G.D. Birla and Madan Mohan Malaviya. He pleaded powerfully for the immediate grant of dominion status to India, which was refused.
The third and last Round Table Conference was on November 17th 1932. Neither the Indian National Congress nor the British Labour Party attended it, so it had little impact.
In fact, all three Round Table Conferences proved to be a disappointment for Indian leaders, as the British proved to be quite unyielding and unsympathetic to the hopes and dreams of millions of Indians.
