§ 9. Mr. RHYS DAVIESasked the Sectary of State for India whether he can state if the date of the Round Table Conference is yet definitely fixed; and which of the Indian delegates invited have intimated their intention of attending?
§ Sir S. HOAREI cannot at the moment give a more definite date than that indicated in the communiqué which was recently issued on this matter—that the Conference will begin about the 15th November. The same communiqué gave a list of the delegates who have been invited and four further names were published yesterday. All of these have expressed their intention of attending, and I am circulating in the OFFICIAL REPORT a complete list of the Indian delegates.
§ Following is the list:
§ The Indian Delegations at the Indian Round Table Conference which is to be held next month will be constituted as follows:
§ Indian States.
§ Invitations were issued to the Rulers of the States named below with the option to nominate representatives fully qualified to speak on behalf of the State:
§ State and Representative.
- Hyderabad—Nawab Sir Muhammad Akbar Hydari.
- Mysore—Sir Mirza M. Ismail, C.I.E., O.B.E.
- Baroda—Rao Bahadur Krishnama Chari, C.I.E.
- Kashmir—Mr. Wajahat Hussain, I.C.S.
- Udaipur, Jaipur, Jodhpur—Rao Bahadur Pandit Sir Sukdeo Parshad, C.I.E., O.B.E.
- Kolhapur—Rao Sahib J. A. Surve.
- Bhopal—Rai Bahadur Raja Oudh Narain Bisarya.
- Bikaner—Sir Manubhai Nandshankar Mehta, C.S.I.
- Patiala—Nawab Liaqat Hayat Khan.
- Rewa—Representative not yet nominated.
- Nawanagar—Mr. L. F. Rushbrook Williams, C.B.E.
§ British, India.
- His Highness the Aga Khan, G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., G.C.V.O.
- Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
- The Raja of Bobbili.
- Sir Hubert Carr.
- Nanak Chand Pandit.
- Mr. A. H. Ghuznavi.
- Lieut.-Colonel Sir Henry Gidney, I.M.S. (retd.).
- Khan Bahadur Hafiz Hidayat Husain.
- Sir Muhammad Iqbal.
- Mr. M. R. Jayakar.
- Sir Cowasji Jehangir, K.C.I.E., O.B.E.
- Mr. N. M. Joshi.
- Mr. N. C. Kelkar.
- Diwan Bahadur Ramaswami Mudaliyar.
- Begum Shah Nawaz.
- Rao Bahadur Sir A. P. Patro.
- Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru, K.C.S.I.
- Dr. Shafa'at Ahmad Khan.
- Sardar Tara Singh.
- Sir Nripendra Sircar.
- Sir Purshottamdas Thakurdas, C.I.E., M.B.E.
- Mr. Zafrullah Khan.