HistoryModern India: Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist movement

In which month and year was the first meeting of the Round Table Conf…

In which month and year was the first meeting of the Round Table Conferences held in London?

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

The correct answer is Option (4) → November 1930

The British government called the Round Table Conferences after the Salt March, and the first meeting was held in November 1930, without Gandhiji.

NCERT (2026-27): “3.2 Dialogues …
Third, and perhaps most significant, it was the Salt March which forced upon the British the realisation that their Raj would not last forever, and that they would have to devolve some power to the Indians.”

“To that end, the British government convened a series of “Round Table Conferences” in London. The first meeting was held in November 1930, but without the pre-eminent political leader in India, thus rendering it an exercise in futility. …”