ALL-PARTIES CONFERENCES (more aptly, ALL-PARTY CONFERENCES), a series of conventions which took place in 1928 bringing together representatives of various political parties and communities in India with a view to working out a mutually agreed formula for the country\'s constitutional advance in response to the invitation of the British government. On 7 July 1925, Lord Birkenhead, the Secretary of State for India, had, in a speech in the House of Lords, said: "Let them (the Indians) produce a constitution which carries behind it a fair measure of general agreement among the great people of India. Such a contribution to our problems would nowhere be resented.
CENTRAL SIKH LEAGUE, political organization of the Sikhs which guided their affairs until the Shiromani Akali Dal emerged as a mass force. The inaugural session of the Central Sikh League was held at Amritsar on 29 December 1919, coinciding with the annual sessions of the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League. It was dominated by the educated Sikhs from the middle strata such as Sardul Singh Caveeshar, Harchand Singh Lyallpuri and Master Sundar Singh Lyallpuri. The first president was Sardar Bahadur Gajjan Singh representing moderate political opinion.
Discover the role of the Khalsa Defence of India League in boosting Sikh military enlistment during WWII and preserving their special army position.
Discover how the demand for Pakistan's creation led to the historic Partition of Punjab in 1947, reshaping the future of India and its Muslim population.
Discover the pivotal role of the Punjab Boundary Commission in 1947's partition, shaping modern India and Pakistan under the guidance of Lord Mountbatten.
Explore the Sikh role in India's transition from British rule, from the Gurdwara Reform movement to confronting Muslim communal claims in Punjab.
