Consider the following statements in regards to the Gandhi-Irwin Pact: 1. According to the Pact,
Consider the following statements in regards to the Gandhi-Irwin Pact:
1. According to the Pact, British Government accepted to release all the political prisoners.
2. Irwin agreed on giving the right to peaceful and non-aggressive picketing of liquor and foreign cloth shops.
3. British government allowed making of salt for personal consumption in coastal regions.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only (c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
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(b) 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. The 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.
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