Question

Discuss the role of Gandhiji in the Second Round Table Conference.

Answer 1

Explanation:

Mahatma Gandhi participated in the Second Round Table conference after the Gandhi Irwin Pact. It was an agreement signed on March 5, 1931, between Mohandas K. Gandhi and Lord Irwin. Some of the features of the pact were:

1. All the political prisoners who were not convicted for creating violence were to be released immediately.

2. Villages that were located along the coast were given the right to make salt for their consumption.

3. The Congress would discontinue the Civil Disobedience Movement and participate in the Round Table Conference.

4. Peaceful picketing of foreign clothes and liquor shops was to be permitted.