Editing Jawaharlal Nehru (section)

=== In prison 1930–1935 ===
On 11 October 1930, Nehru's detention ended, but he was back in jail in less than ten days for resuming the presidency of the banned Congress.{{sfn|Gopal|1976|p=147}} On 26 January 1931, Nehru and other prisoners were released early by [[Lord Irwin]], who was negotiating with Gandhi.{{sfn|Moraes|2007|p=181}} His father died on 6 February 1931. Nehru was back in jail on 26 December 1931 after violating court orders not to leave Allahabad while leading a "no-rent" campaign to alleviate peasant distress.{{sfn|Gopal|1976|p=170}} On 30 August 1933, Nehru was released from prison, but the government soon moved to detain him again. On 22 December 1933, the [[Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet|Home Secretary]] sent a memo to all local governments in India:

<blockquote>The Government of India regard him [Nehru] as by far the most dangerous element at large in India, and their view is that the time has come, in accordance with their general policy of taking steps at an early stage to prevent attempts to work up mass agitation, to take action against him.{{sfn|Gopal|1976|p=185}}</blockquote>

He was arrested in Allahabad on 12 January 1934.{{sfn|Gopal|1976|p=185}} In August 1934, he was briefly released for eleven days to attend to his wife's ailing health. In October, he was allowed to see her again, but he turned down an early release conditional on withdrawing from politics for the duration of his sentence.{{sfn|Moraes|2007|pp=255–256}}