Thomas Stephens was the first Englishman to reach India, at least by sea route. He sailed for India on a Portuguese ship as a Jesuit missionary on 4th April 1579 and landed at Goa six months later, on 24th october.
The British government was not in favour of M. K. Gandhi's participation in it
The British government wanted to give representation to communal organisations
Fazl-i-Hussain who was suspected of dislike towards the Muslims with leanings towards the Congress was to guide the British government in the choice of Muslim delegates to the conference
The British government did not give any assurance to the effect that the discussions would proceed on the basis of granting Poorna Swaraj
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