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Explain the Gandhi-Irwin pact as a consequence of Dandi March.
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In order to lay the groundwork for the Round Table
Conference to be held in England, Mahatma Gandhi entered into fortnight-long
discussions with the Viceroy Lord Irwin which culminated on 5th March 1931 in
the Gandhi-Irwin Pact signed by Gandhi on behalf of the Congress and
by Lord Irwin on behalf of the British India government.
The main agreements of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact
included:
- Immediate
release of all political prisoners not convicted for violence
- Return of
confiscated lands not yet sold to third parties
- Lenient
treatment for those government employees who had resigned
- Right to
make salt for consumption to villages along the coast
- Right to
peaceful and non-aggressive picketing
In order to lay the groundwork for the Round Table Conference to be held in England, Mahatma Gandhi entered into fortnight-long discussions with the Viceroy Lord Irwin which culminated on 5th March 1931 in the Gandhi-Irwin Pact signed by Gandhi on behalf of the Congress and by Lord Irwin on behalf of the British India government.
The main agreements of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact included:
- Immediate release of all political prisoners not convicted for violence
- Return of confiscated lands not yet sold to third parties
- Lenient treatment for those government employees who had resigned
- Right to make salt for consumption to villages along the coast
- Right to
peaceful and non-aggressive picketing
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