what are the 11 demands of gandhiji in gandhi-irwin pact ?
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In January 1930, Gandhiji issued an eleven point ultimatum to Lord Irwin, combining some general and specific demands,
Total prohibition
Release of poltical prisoners.
Cuts in army expenses, civil services salaraies
changes in Arms Act
Reform of the C.I.D
Lowering of rupee-sterling rate
Textile protection
Reservation of coastal shipping for Indians
A fifty percent reduction in land revenue
Abolition of both salt tax and government salt monopoly
Explanation:
Withdraw all ordinances and end prosecutions.
Release all political prisoners, except those guilty of violence.
Permit peaceful picketing of liquor and foreign cloth shops.
Restore confiscated properties of the satyagrahis.
Permit free collection or manufacture of salt by persons near the sea-coast.