what is gandhi irwin pact??
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It is an agreement between Gandhi and lord Irwin.. In which Irwin promised Gandhi to release prisoners if he attended the round table conference in london
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The pact was signed by Gandhiji and Lord Irwin, the Viceroy, in March 1931. It resulted because the satyagraha could not be suppressed.
The government agreed to:
1. Withdraw all ordinances and end prosecutions
2. Release all political prisoners,except those guilty of violence.
3. Permit peaceful picketing of liquor and foreign cloth shops.
4. Restore the confiscated properties of the satyagrahis.
5. Permit the free collection or manufacture of salt by persons near the seacoast.
The Congress consented to:
1. To suspend the Civil Disobedience Movement.
2. To participate in the second Round Table Conference.
3. Not to press for investigation into police excesses.
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