VI. The World Wars and the Interwar Period, 1914–1945 > G. South and Southeast Asia, 1914–1945 > 1. India > 1933, April–1934, Nov. 22
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1933, April–1934, Nov. 22
 
A parliamentary joint committee, reviewing the material of the Simon Commission and of the round-table conferences, worked out a draft constitution.  1
 
1933, May–1934, May
 
Gradual suspension of the civil disobedience movement. Gandhi now devoted all his efforts to raising the status of the depressed classes, whose members he renamed Harijans (“children of God”).  2
 
1934, Oct. 21
 
All-India Congress Socialist Party founded.  3
 
Oct. 24
 
To free the hands of its younger leaders, Gandhi resigned from the congress, but remained the supreme arbiter of its policies.  4
 
 
 
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