what was the main motive of gandhi irvin pact .?????
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Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed on March 5, 1931, between Mahatma Gandhi and Lord Irwin, who was the Viceroy of India at that time.
During March and April 1930, Mahatma Gandhi had initiated the Salt Satyagrah or the salt march to produce salt from the sea water in the coastal village of Dandi. The march was the first act in the civil disobedience campaign. The government has imposed laws which prohibited Indians from independently producing or selling salt. They were forced to buy expensive and heavily taxed salt. The salt satyagrah was in protest against these policies of the British and gave a trigger to the civil disobedience movement. The British came heavily on the satyagrahis and arrested Mahatma Gandhi. However, the movement progressed and gained strength attracting tens of thousands of people. The British used many ruthless measures to crush the movement. The movement had not only created troubles for the British in India but had also gathered media attention around the world. Lord Irwin was looking for a way to get out of the impasse and invited Mahatma Gandhi for talks and in 1931 he was released from prison. Thus, the two men began negotiations and in 1931 the Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed. A total of eight meetings were held between the two leaders and these lasted 24 hours. The pact, which was signed by Lord Irwin on behalf of the government and Mahatma Gandhi, on behalf of the Indian National Congress.