Question

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

Answer 1

(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.