Question

A brief note on gandhi Irwin pact.

Answer 1

.The Gandhi Irwin Pact was a political agreement signed by Mahatma Gandhi and the then Viceroy of India, Lord Irwin on 5 March 1931 before the second Round Table Conference in London.[1] Before this, the viceroy Lord Irwin announced in October 1929, a vague offer of 'dominion status' for India in an unspecified future and a Round Table Conference to discuss a future constitution.[2]The second round table conference which was held in 1931.

Answer 2

Gandhi Irwin pact was signed when Gandhiji was in jail
gandhiji was arrested for the Quit India Movement, but even when he was arrested the movement did not stop and instead people became more angry and the movement grew. To stop the ravaging Indians the british decided to do something. So Lord Irwin was sent to make a pact with Gandhiji which said that the british would release all the prisoners except those guilty of violence and in return the Quit India movement must be stopped.