li ttu. 4vwar.Ja_ _,. o . 2 0 FEB. 1930~ FOREWORD.. . ""'''(.<• s~-. . . ,106w:t , . - ~"" -- • : • • '/'-(, .2' 'r The Special Session of the Indian National Congrer;s was held ut Bombay v • on the 29th, 3oth, 31st August and rst Sept.omber 1918. At the request of the • All-India Congress Committee which decided upon the Special Session at its meeting of the 2Jrd Fellruary 1918 held at Delhi, the Bombay Provincia CongreilS Committee took up the wcrk of organising the Special Sc,;sion. A 'Lrong Executive Committee was fornwd and all the arrungemcnts could be ~:ompleted within -two months. R The number of members of the Reception Committee exceeded all t ,/---- previous records, and the proceedin!,'S created unparo!lclcd enthusiasm. '·

The total number of delegates can be classified ns follows :- Members of the Rec-eption Committee •.. 1,073 (!'ij:/1 Bengal 157 ..._ Madras 202 { Andhra 9 United Provinces 85 Central Provinces 180 'Berar .. 351 Punjab 43 Behru- and Orissa 19 Delhi and Ajmere-Merwara 26 Burma 10 South Africa 1

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The number of delegates to this Special Se"'ion was the high••t reached on record. A Special feature o~ this session was the attendance of a number of delegates (m·er fifty) from the Depressed Clu"''""· The best thanks of the Committee are due to the bdics and gentlemen 1\-ho made the se>;sion a success, to Rao Bahadiir Rajagopalchari for prompt· ness and accuracy in reporting the proceedings, and to the volunteers, who were so diligent in keeping order. D, D. S. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

FIRST DAY'S PROCEEDINGS.

PAGR.

Opening of the Session. 1-3 Address of the Hon'ble Mr. V. J. Pntel,.Chairman of the Reccp- ti·Jn Committee 4-u Formal Resolution Requesting the President·Elect to take the Chair.

Speech of Mrs; 13

11 The Hon'ble the Raja of Mahamudabad 14 " Mr. B. Chakravarti . • 14-15 " The Hon'ble Mr. V. J. Patel t6 TELEGRAMS AND LETTERS. Portrait of the P!esident, Syed Hasan Imam , Cbairman,-The Hon. Mr. V. J. Patel CONGRESS VOLUNTEERS CORPS.

Lok. B. G. Tilak Hon. Mr. M. A. Ji!lnah Mr. S. R. Bomanji . • • Hon. Mr. Manmohandas Ramjt Executive Workers. The Presidential Address of Mr. Syed Hasan Imam Formation of the Subject Committee

SECOND DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. Portrait of Mrs. Annie Besant. Hon. the Raja Saheb of Mahamudabad Mr. Mctilal Ghosh Hon. Pandit Madan Mohan Malnviya lion, Sir Dinshaw M. Petit Kt. 1 .. PAGE. Mr. Rari Narayan Apte Ron. Mr. G. S. Khaparde Pandit .. Mr. C. Vtjtaraghava Achariar ~lr. B. Chakravarti · . .. Mr. N. C. Kelkar Mr. B. G. Horniman ...•. Mr. G. A. Natesan •• Mr. C.R. Pas ..• • Resolution !-Loyalty • • · Resolution 11-Self-Government .. . · .. •• •'• Resolution Ill-Responsible Gov~JUIIel)t. · •• · . Speech of llfrs. Annie Besant.' .. .. • • . .. 43•47 ·.. , Rai Bahadur Jadunath Muz11mdar (Bengal) . , 47·49 . l Nawab Sarfraz Hussein Khan of Behar 49 " Mr. Barkat Ali (Lahore) ..... " . . . " Mr. Syitd Hossain THIRD DAY'S PROCEEDINGS.

Portrait of H~n. Pandit Gokaran Nath Misra Dr. M. A. Ansari . Ron. Mr. Lalul;lha,\ Samaldas Mehta . .:. Pr. B. S. Moonji • , •.• Mr. Bepin Chandra Pal •• Mrs. Sarojini N aid~ Hon. A. K. Fazul Huq ...... Mr. Jamnadas Dwarkad31l Mr. Rambhuj. Dut~ ~audhari •. Mr. C. P. Ramaswami Aiyer •• .. Hon. Mr. B. G. Bhurgri DO\Van Babadur Keshav Pillay Dr. D. D. Sathaye Mr. M. R. Jayakar ... Group of the General Secretaries

Resolution IV DECLARATION OF INDIAN RIGHTS. Speech of Hon. Pandit Gokaran Nath Mist a. sS-63 " ~frs. Sarojtni Naidu , • 63-65 " Pandit Rambhuj Du~t Chaudhnri · .. 6s Mr. T. V. Venkatarama Aiyar 6s·61 Mr. Srish Chandra Chattherji •• 67•69 3

PAGE. Mr. Jamnadas Dwarkadas 6g Mr. Vyas (spoke in Hindi) 6g Mr. Che!lapati R;lo 69-70 Mr. Keshriprasnd Sena Rao (spoke in Hindi). 71 Resolution V FISCAL AUTONOMY. Speech of Air. C. P. Ramaswami I yet 71•73 Hon. Mr. Abdul Kassim .• 73-74 Mr. M.. Subedar 74·76 lllr. C. S. Ranga Aiyar ••. 'i6';1 Mr. Mawji Govindji . · 77-78 FOURTH DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. Resolution VI REFORM SCHEME. Speech·of Hon. Pandit Madan Mol>an Malaviya 79•87 Sir Dinshaw Petit · · . 87-88 Hon. Pandit Motilat Nehru 89'\)z Diwan Bahadur L.A. Govindaragbava lyer 9•-94 Honble Mr. Fazlul Haq 94·96 Mr. B. Chakravarty 96'97 Mr. S. R, Bomanji 97 llfr. V. P. Madhava Rao .• 97-98 Ron . .Mr, Lallubhai Sainaldas 98·99 Mr.B.G.Tilak 99'101 llfr. Abbas S. Tyabji' 101-102 llfr. Bepin Chandra Pal 102•104 llfr. 111. R. Jayakar ' 104•106 Mrs. Annie Besant 106-1o8 PROVINCIAL CONTRIBUTION. Resolution X 108 MAHOMEDAN REPRESENTATION. Resolution VII 1o8-ro9 WOMEN'S FRANCHISE. Resolution VIII log Speech of M1s. 109·111 . Sh~imati Ansuya Sarabhai IU•II2 Mm. Ra~ibai Morat ji Kamdar 112-113 llfr. N. B. Vibhakar IIJ·U4 Ho~. Pandit 114 · (spoke" in. Hindi) lion. Pandit Motilal Nehru (spoke in Hindi) 4

PAGB. AJMERE-MERWARA. Resolution XI Resolution XII ... Resolution XIII ARMY COMMISSIONS. Speech of Mr. Rambhoy Dutt Chowdhary II5 Dewan Bahadur P. Kesava Pillay ... us Pandit Neki Ram ITS·· R~olufion XV ROWLATT fOMIIIITTEE REPORT. Speech of Air. C. R. Das ns-ri7 Mr .. Alekar of Nagpur (spoke in ~{arathi) n7 ' Hon. Mr. B. V, Narasinha Iyer . • II7 Reso. XIII FRANCHISE AND LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE, Speech of Mr. C. R. Das nS-119 . Dewan Bahadur P. Kesava Pillai Il9 llfr. B. Chakravarti II9 Hon, Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya II9·120 Mr. C. R. Das (again) • • 120 Resolution XIV RESERVED AND UNRESERV~D DEPARTMENTS. From the Chair , , I2I Resolution XVI DEPUTATION TO ENGLAND. From the Chair 121 VOTE OF THANKS TQ THE P~SIDENT. Speech of The Hon. Afr. V. J. Patel 121 , Mr. H. N. Apte (spoke in Marathi) . ..• . . r2r-u2 , The Hon. ~rr. B. S. Kamat 122 VOTE OF THANKS TO THE RECEPTION COMMITTEE. Speech of Mrs. Annie Besant . . . . 123 THE PRESIDENT'S CONCLUDING SPEECif. The President ·

APPENDICES. , Special Session .. FULL TEXT OF THE RESOLUTIONS. Resolution 1-India and ~he Wa.r ..- ... I Resolution 11-Congress and Self-Government I Resolution III-India's Fitness for Responsible Government I Resolution IV-Declaration of Indian Rights II Resolution V-Fiscal Autonomy .. II Resolution VI-The Reform Scheme ...... IHl PAGE. Resolution VII-Mahomedan Representation vr Resolution VIII Women and Franchise VI· Resolution IX-Fiscal Freedom . . • ·. VI Resolution X-Provincial Contribution VI Resolution XI Status of Ajm<'l'e-Merwara and Delhi VI Resolution Xli-Army Com!l'.i.sions .. vr Resolution XIII Franchise and Subject,'!. Committee VI-VII Resolution XlV-Separation of Indian and Provincial Functions VII Resolution XV-The Rowlatt Committee .• VII Resollltion XVI-Congress Deputation to England VII · All-India Muslim League Special Session .. IX-XIU A Special Provincial Conference, Madras .• Pre~~idential Address . . • • • . . . . . • • XV Special Provincial Conference Pr.,;;dcnLu Address C. P. and Benm1 All· India Congress Committee 1-1 r Members of the Reception Committee t-r4 List of Office-Bearers r-3 LISt of Delegates- Bengal r-8 Madras 8-19 Andhra 19 United Provinces 20·23 Central Provinces 24•32 Punjab .. J2·J4 Berar 34·50 Behar and Orissa · so-sr Burma and· South Africa sr·s• Delhi and Ajmere-Merwara s•·sJ Sind ss-6o· Bombay .• 6r-rl4-