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 Hindu Widows’ Remarriage Act, 1856, also Act XV, 1856, enacted on 25 July 1856, legalized the remarriage of Hindu widows in all jurisdictions of India under East India Company rule was drafted by Lord Dalhousie.