Q22. Consider the following statements regarding the Gandhi-Irwin Pact, 1931.
i. Immediate release of non-violent political prisoners was agreed upon, but death sentences of Bhagat Singh and his two comrades were not commuted.
ii. INC agreed to discontinue Civil-Disobedience Movement.
iii. Government conceded the right to make salt for any use.
Which of the above statement/s is/are correct?
Q22. Consider the following statements regarding the Gandhi-Irwin Pact, 1931.
i. Immediate release of non-violent political prisoners was agreed upon, but death sentences of Bhagat Singh and his two comrades were not commuted.
ii. INC agreed to discontinue Civil-Disobedience Movement.
iii. Government conceded the right to make salt for any use.
Which of the above statement/s is/are correct?
The correct option is A a) I and II only
The Gandhi–Irwin Pact was a political agreement signed by Mahatma Gandhi and the then Viceroy of India, Lord Irwin on 5 March 1931 before the second Round Table Conference in London. British Government agreed to:
Withdraw all ordinances and end prosecutions
Release all political prisoners, except those guilty of violence
Permit peaceful picketing of liquor and foreign cloth shops
Restore confiscated properties of the satyagrahis
Permit free collection or manufacture of salt by persons near the sea-coast
Lift the ban over the Congress
INC agreed to suspend the Civil-Disobedience Movement.
a) I and II only
The Gandhi–Irwin Pact was a political agreement signed by Mahatma Gandhi and the then Viceroy of India, Lord Irwin on 5 March 1931 before the second Round Table Conference in London. British Government agreed to:
Withdraw all ordinances and end prosecutions
Release all political prisoners, except those guilty of violence
Permit peaceful picketing of liquor and foreign cloth shops
Restore confiscated properties of the satyagrahis
Permit free collection or manufacture of salt by persons near the sea-coast
Lift the ban over the Congress
INC agreed to suspend the Civil-Disobedience Movement.
