<P> The three Round Table Conferences of 1930--32 were a series of conferences organized by the British Government to discuss constitutional reforms in India . They were conducted as per the recommendation of Jinnah to Viceroy Lord Irwin and Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, and by the report submitted by the Simon Commission in May 1930 . Demands for swaraj, or self - rule, in India had been growing increasingly strong . By the 1930s, many British politicians believed that India needed to move towards dominion status . However, there were significant disagreements between the Indian and the British political parties that the Conferences would not resolve . </P> <P> The Round Table Conference officially inaugurated by His Majesty George V on November 12, 1930 in Royal Gallery House of Lords at London and chaired by the British Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald . </P>

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