The Viceroy, Lord Irwin, who had been appointed by the prior Conservative Government, engaged in the First Round Table Conference in early 1931 and then announced the Government's policy that India should be granted Dominion Status.
Vicekongen Lord Irwin, som var blevet udpeget af den tidligere konservative regering, deltog i rundbordskonferencen i starten af 1931, og bekendtgjorde herefter at det var regeringens politik, at Indien skulle tildeles status som Dominion.