Question

Write a short note on the Gandhi Irwin Pact.

Answer 1

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The 'Gandhi - Irwin Pact' was a political agreement signed by Mahatma Gandhi and Lord Irwin,Viceroy of India, on 5 March 1931 before the second Round Table Conference in London.

The terms of the "Gandhi-Irwin Pact" fell manifestly short of those Gandhi prescribed as the minimum for a truce.

According to the agreement:

The government agreed to:

* Immediate release of all Political Prisoners not convicted for violence.

* Remission of all fines not yet collected.

* Return of acquired land not yet sold to the third party

* Lenient treatment to all government employees who had resigned.

Answer 2

Explanation:

In 1931, a political agreement was signed between Mahatma Gandhi and the viceroy of India Lord Irwin, the Gandhi Irwin pact included;

• Discontinuation of the Civil Disobedience movement by the Indian National Congress.
• participation by the Indian National Congress in the round table conference.
• Release of prisoners arrested for participating in the Civil Disobedience movement.
• The removal of the tax on salt as Indians were now allowed to produce, trade and sell salt legally and for their own private use.

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