Gandhi-Irwin Pact was a political treaty signed between Mahatma Gandhi Ji (on behalf of Indian National Congress) and Lord Irwin (on behalf of the British authority), before the Second Round table meeting, which took place on 5 March 1931 in London. The treaty was mainly focused on making the Indian National Congress accompany the Second Round table conference and deter the thriving nationalist movements in the country.
The signing of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact marked the end of one of the most popular movements in India, the civil disobedience movement. Unlawful salt laws made by the Britishers were not in favour of the Indian people. So, to oust such a policy of the authority, Gandhi started a Salt Satyagraha where he was arrested. Due to the huge popularity of the movement, Irwin had to release Gandhi Ji and that’s when the treaty of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact came into being.
