Ninteen(19) elected members of the Governor-General’s Legislative Council prepared a memorandum containing a different set of proposals and submitted it to the Viceroy in November 1916, known as ‘Nineteen Memorandum’.

The Lucknow Session of the Indian National Congress is memorable for it marked the reunion of Moderate and Extremist parties after the Surat split (1907).

Another noteworthy development was the Congress League Pact for acceptance of a united scheme of Constitutional reforms.

Their main recommendations in nineteen memorandum were:

• All the Legislative Councils should have a substantial majority of elected members.
• The Legislative Councils should be large in size and enjoy larger powers in respect of legislation and finance.
• Fiscal autonomy should be conceded to India; the provincial governments should be made autonomous.
• A full measure of Local-Self Government should be immediately granted.