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Indian Independence Movement
In August 1947 British rule ended on the Indian subcontinent.
Mahatma Gandhi attended the second session of the Round Table Conference in London in 1931 as the sole representative of the Indian National Congress.12
His participation followed the signing of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact in March 1931, which ended the civil disobedience campaign he had initiated with the Salt March. Because the British government recognized that the Round Table Conference could not produce meaningful constitutional reforms for India without the involvement of the Congress, Gandhi was released from prison to attend the second session. He participated at his own insistence to represent the Congress in discussions regarding the future constitution of India.321