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The '''Gandhi–Irwin Pact''' was a political agreement signed by [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and [[Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax|Lord Irwin]], [[Viceroy of India]], on 5 March 1931 before the Second [[Round Table Conference]] in [[London]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Gandhi Irwin Pact Event List |url=https://www.gandhiheritageportal.org/gandhi-irwin-pact |website=Gandhi Heritage Portal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916065157/https://www.gandhiheritageportal.org/gandhi-irwin-pact |archive-date=2014-09-16}}</ref> Before this, [[Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax|Lord Irwin]], the Viceroy, had announced in October 1929 a vague offer of '[[dominion status]]' for [[British Raj|British-occupied India]] in an unspecified future and a [[Round Table Conference]] to discuss a future constitution.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ruhe |first=Peter |title=Gandhi |location=London |publisher=Phaidon Press |date=2001 |page=75}}</ref> The Second Round Table Conference was held from September to December 1931 in London. This movement marked the end of the [[ | The '''Gandhi–Irwin Pact''' was a political agreement signed by [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and [[Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax|Lord Irwin]], [[Viceroy of India]], on 5 March 1931 before the Second [[Round Table Conference]] in [[London]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Gandhi Irwin Pact Event List |url=https://www.gandhiheritageportal.org/gandhi-irwin-pact |website=Gandhi Heritage Portal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916065157/https://www.gandhiheritageportal.org/gandhi-irwin-pact |archive-date=2014-09-16}}</ref> Before this, [[Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax|Lord Irwin]], the Viceroy, had announced in October 1929 a vague offer of '[[dominion status]]' for [[British Raj|British-occupied India]] in an unspecified future and a [[Round Table Conference]] to discuss a future constitution.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ruhe |first=Peter |title=Gandhi |location=London |publisher=Phaidon Press |date=2001 |page=75}}</ref> The Second Round Table Conference was held from September to December 1931 in London. This movement marked the end of the [[Civil Disobedience Movement]] in India. Arrest of [[Abdul Ghaffar Khan]] in April 1930 and Mahatma Gandhi in May 1930 resulted in protests in [[Peshawar]] and [[Sholapur]] respectively. | ||
"The two leaders" — As [[Sarojini Naidu]] described Gandhi and Lord Irwin—had eight meetings that totaled 24 hours. Gandhi was impressed by Irwin's sincerity. The terms of the "Gandhi-Irwin Pact" fell manifestly short of those Gandhi prescribed as the minimum for a truce.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gandhi-Irwin Pact|work=GANDHI - A Pictorial Biography|url=http://www.mkgandhi.org/biography/gndirwin.htm|publisher=Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal / Gandhi Book Centre}}</ref> | "The two leaders" — As [[Sarojini Naidu]] described Gandhi and Lord Irwin—had eight meetings that totaled 24 hours. Gandhi was impressed by Irwin's sincerity. The terms of the "Gandhi-Irwin Pact" fell manifestly short of those Gandhi prescribed as the minimum for a truce.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gandhi-Irwin Pact|work=GANDHI - A Pictorial Biography|url=http://www.mkgandhi.org/biography/gndirwin.htm|publisher=Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal / Gandhi Book Centre}}</ref> | ||