What was the role of ghandi irwin pact in our freedom movement?
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The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was a political agreement signed by the legendary Indian leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and the then Viceroy of India, Lord Irwin. It was signed before the second Round Table Conference in London on March 5, 1931. The pact ended the nonviolent civil disobedience movement (satyagraha) started by the Indian National Congress under the leadership of Gandhi with the Salt March leading to his arrest and imprisonment. In the face of such unrest, which eventually took the shape of a nationwide civil disobedience movement witnessing arrests of thousands of Indians, including Jawaharlal Nehru, drew worldwide attention, Gandhi was released from prison and Irwin made negotiations with him to come up with the Gandhi-Irwin Pact. The terms of the pact, however, excluded many of the conditions proposed by Gandhi.