1949 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference

The 1949 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference, the fourth meeting of Commonwealth heads of government, was held in the United Kingdom in April 1949 and hosted by British Prime Minister Clement Attlee. Its principal topic was whether India, intending to become a republic, could remain in the Commonwealth, which had previously been an association of states sharing the British sovereign as head of state. The conference resulted in the London Declaration, which allowed India to continue as a republic and redefined the King's role as Head of the Commonwealth.