1922
Jan. 2. Along with Ruttie and Bhurgri, discussed with Kanji Dwarkadas Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's refusal to join the proposed Round Table Conference for seven hours, and Besant's and Sapru's reactions to it.
Jan. 3. Along with Malaviya, Jayakar, Thakurdas, Sarabhai and Bhurgri issued a letter to important leaders, asking them to assemble in Bombay on 14 Jan. to work out a satisfactory solution of political problems facing the country.
Jan. 14. Acted as one of the Secretaries of the Bombay Representative, Conference Committee (BRC), to which The Indian National Congress , All India Muslim League, AIKC and other political parties were to be invited.
Jan. 15. Called on Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi to persuade him to relent on his demands.
Jan. 16. Asked public institutions to state their minimum acceptable demands for the solution of Indian political problem in a letter jointly issued by him, Jayakar and Natarajan as Secretary of BRC.
Jan. 18. Sent Resolution of BRC to Viceroy's Private Secretary suggesting holding of Round Table Conference; a Committee to convene Round Table Conference was also appointed.
Jan. 28. Along with other Representative of BRC, tried to persuade Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi to postpone Satyagraha, unsuccessfully.
Jan. 30. Along with others sent a wire to the Viceroy's private secretary urging the Viceroy to convene Round Table Conference also wrote to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on the subject.
Feb. 2. Along with Jayakar and Natrajan, wrote to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi regretting his ultimatum to Viceroy, saying that the correspondence was still continuing on the subject of Round Table Conference and that the idea had not been given up.
Feb. 2-4. In a joint statement, he and Jayakar regretted Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's ultimatum to Viceroy while the Round Table Conference proposal was being discussed.
Feb. 5. Incident at Chauri Chaura, near Gorakhpur, United Proves., in which non-cooperation activists burnt to death 21 constables and a sub-inspector of police.
Feb. 6. In a communiqueacute issued by the Government the non-feasibility of holding Round Table Conference was explained to leaders and public.
Feb. 11. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi called off the non-cooperation movement.
Feb. Participated in All Parties Conference, Bombay acted as one of the three Secretaries of committee for arranging the Conference.
May 25. Wrote to Jayakar seeking his cooperation to set up a new nationalist organization, comprising progressive elements, irrespective of their party affiliation, with Swaraj as its creed. Proposal could not materialize due to Congress opposition.
July 1. Addressing a large gathering of Muslim students of Bombay, advised
them to struggle hard for the achievement of freedom.