The first Round Table Conference was started on November 12, 1930 and lasted till 19th January 1931. Lord Irwin was the then viceroy of India. The British government realized the significance of Indian National Congress to formulate any plan regarding the Indian political future.
The treaty of Lahore was signed in the year 1846. It ended the First Anglo Sikh war. As per the treaty, The Sikhs gave Rs. 1 lakh as a war indemnity to the British. The Sikh ceded the Jalandhar Doab which is situated between Beas and Sutlej to the British. Daleep Singh was announced the ruler. The treaty reduced the strength of the Sikh army.
Chuar Uprising was started by aboriginal tribesmen of Midnapore district. The reason was famine, enhanced land revenue demands and economic distress. It lasted from 1766 to 1772 and again surfaced between 1759 and 1816.
Chronological order of the acts are Vernacular Press Act – 1878, Newspapers (Incitement to Offences) Act- 1908, Indian Press (Emergency Powers) Act- 1931, Foreign Relations Act- 1932.
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