Question

Read the excerpt given below and answer the question that follow:

The March, which took place in India, was led by Mohandas Gandhi to protest British rule in India. During the march, thousands of Indians followed Gandhi from his religious retreat near Ahmedabad to the Arabian Sea coast, a distance of some 240 miles. The march resulted in the arrest of nearly 60,000 people, including Gandhi himself. - The Marion (Ohio) Star [Edited]

Mention any four clauses of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact.

Answer 1

The government agreed to:

1. Withdraw all ordinances and end prosecutions.
2. Release all political prisoners except those guilty of violence.
3. Permit peaceful picketing of liquor and foreign cloth shops.
4. Restore the confiscated properties of the satyagrahis.
5. Permit the free collection or manufacture of salt by persons near the seacoast.

The Congress, in its turn, consented to the following:

1. To suspend the Civil Disobedience Movement.
2. To participate in the second session of the Round Table Conference.
3. Not to press for an investigation into police excesses.