Question

Short note on " IRWIN PACT "

Answer 1

This pact was signed between Mahatma Gandhi and the then Viceroy of India, Lord Irwin on 5 March 1931. Salient features of this act were as following:

1. The Congress would participate in the Round Table Conference.

2. The Congress would discontinue the Civil Disobedience Movement.

3. The Government would withdraw all ordinances issued to curb the Congress.

4. The Government would withdraw all prosecutions relating to offenses other than violent one.The Government would release all persons undergoing sentences of imprisonment for their activities in the civil disobedience movement.

Answer 2

Irwin Pact or Gandhi-Irwin Pact was a pact or mutually agreed resolution between Lord Irwin and Mahatma Gandhi signed on March 5 1931. Mahatma Gandhi signed this pact to release the political prisoners (caught after the end of Dandi March) from the prison and instead Gandhi promised to attend the 2nd round table conference in London.