Which of the following statement is/are correct? Congress participated in first Round Table Conference along with Muslim League, Hindu Mahasabha, etc. Gandhi entered into a pact with Irwin on 5 March 1931. By Gandhi-Irwin Pact, Gandhi consented to participate in a Round Table Conference in London and the government agreed to release the political prisoners. Select the correct code from below.
Which of the following statement is/are correct? Congress participated in first Round Table Conference along with Muslim League, Hindu Mahasabha, etc. Gandhi entered into a pact with Irwin on 5 March 1931. By Gandhi-Irwin Pact, Gandhi consented to participate in a Round Table Conference in London and the government agreed to release the political prisoners. Select the correct code from below. Correct Answer 2 and 3
The correct answer is option 3, i.e, 2 and 3.
- Gandhi-Irwin Pact(March 1931):
- Congress didn't participate in first Round Table Conference which was though attended by Muslim League, Hindu Mahasabha, etc.
- Gandhi entered into a pact with Irwin on 5 March 1931.
- The Pact and direct Gandhi-Irwin talks put Congress on equal terms with government and this move of Irwin was also criticized in Britain.
- 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.
- Removal of the tax on salt, which allowed the Indians to produce, trade, and sell salt legally and for their own private use.
- By Gandhi-Irwin Pact, Gandhiji consented to participate in a Round Table Conference in London and the government agreed to release the political prisoners.
- Things that were not accepted by British as a part of Gandhi Irwin Pact:
- Congress demand for a police inquiry into arrests and atrocities made during Civil Disobedience movement was rejected.
- Commutation of sentences of Bhagat Singh and his comrades.
- The pact also didn't accept demand of immediate return of the lands confiscated during movement.
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