<P> The Indian National Congress came into prominence in Bareilly during the khilafat movement when Gandhiji visited this town twice and many Hindus and Muslims were arrested . In response to the call given by Gandhiji, the Civil Disobedience Movement in the district was launched on Jan 26, 1930 . In 1936, a conference of the Congress was held in Bareilly under the presidency of Acharya Narendra Deo . It was addressed by Jawaharlal Nehru, M.N. Roy, Purushottam Das Tandon and Rafi Ahmad Kidwai . In 1942 when the' Quit India' movement was launched, many processions and meetings were organised and nearly 200 persons were arrested . </P> <P> More prominent among them were Damodar Swaroop Seth, Brijmohan Lal Shastri, P.C. Azad, Rammurti, Naurang Lal, Chiranjivi Lal, Udho Narain D.D. Vaidya and Darbari Lal Sharma . In the Bareilly Central Jail at that time were confined such prominent leaders as Jawahar Lal Nehru . Rafi Ahmad Kidwai, Mahavir Tyagi, Sukh Lal Rastogi, Manzar Ali Sokhata and Maulana Hifazul Rahman . </P>

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