ABSTRACT
WAR AND THE CONGRESS On the very eve of the declaration of war, a depu tation of the Congress consisting of B. N. Basu, M . A. Jinnah, Lajpat Rai, N. M . Samarth, B. N. Sarma, and S. Sinha, happened to be in London in connection with the proposed reforms of the India Council. This fact became of great public im portance, for as soon as war was declared this Congress deputation along with other prominent Indians addressed a letter to the Secretary of State for India for submission to the King.
