Modern History
2020
Civil Disobedience Movement
Round Table Conferences

The Gandhi-Irwin Pact included which of the following?

  1. Invitation to Congress to participate in the Round Table Conference
  2. Withdrawal of Ordinances promulgated in connection with the Civil Disobedience Movement
  3. Acceptance of Gandhiji’s suggestion for enquiry into police excesses
  4. Release of only those prisoners who were not charged with violence Select the correct answer using the code given below:

C.3 only
B.1, 2 and 4 only
A.1 only
D.2, 3 and 4 only

Correct Answer: Option B

The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed on March 5, 1931, between Mahatma Gandhi (representing the Indian National Congress) and Lord Irwin (representing the British Government).

The pact included the following key provisions:

  • Invitation to the Congress to participate in the Second Round Table Conference.
  • Withdrawal of ordinances promulgated in connection with the Civil Disobedience Movement.
  • Release of political prisoners who were not convicted of violence.
  • Remission of all fines not yet collected.
  • Return of all lands not yet sold to third parties.
  • Lenient treatment to government servants who had resigned.
  • Right to make salt in coastal villages for personal consumption (not for sale).
  • Right to peaceful and non-aggressive picketing.

The Viceroy rejected Gandhiji’s demand for a public inquiry into police excesses and the commutation of Bhagat Singh and his comrades' death sentence to life imprisonment.

Gandhi, on behalf of the Congress, agreed to suspend the Civil Disobedience Movement.

Therefore, statements 1, 2, and 4 are correct, while statement 3 is not.

Hence, option B is the correct answer.