Gandhi–Irwin Pact

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pact political agreement

The Gandhi–Irwin Pact was a 1931 political agreement between Mahatma Gandhi and Viceroy Lord Irwin that temporarily ended the Civil Disobedience Movement and paved the way for Indian participation in the Second Round Table Conference.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Delhi Pact	1
Gandhi–Irwin Agreement	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	pact ⓘ political agreement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Gandhi–Irwin Pact ⓘ surface form: Delhi Pact Gandhi–Irwin Pact ⓘ surface form: Gandhi–Irwin Agreement
condition	Congress to participate in the Second Round Table Conference ⓘ Congress to suspend the Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ permission for peaceful picketing of liquor and foreign cloth shops ⓘ release of political prisoners not convicted of violence ⓘ remission of fines not yet collected ⓘ return of confiscated property not yet sold ⓘ withdrawal of ordinances restricting civil liberties ⓘ
context	Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ Indian independence movement ⓘ
country	British India ⓘ
dateSigned	1931-03-05 ⓘ
excludedFromAmnesty	persons convicted of violent offences ⓘ
followedBy	Round Table Conferences ⓘ surface form: Second Round Table Conference
governmentRepresentedBy	UK government ⓘ surface form: British Government
impact	strengthened Gandhi’s position as principal negotiator for Indian nationalism ⓘ temporarily reduced political repression in British India ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	informal political agreement ⓘ
location	New Delhi, India ⓘ surface form: New Delhi
mainParticipants	British India ⓘ surface form: British Government in India Indian National Congress ⓘ
movementRepresentedBy	Indian National Congress ⓘ
negotiatedBy	Lord Irwin ⓘ Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
partOf	constitutional negotiations on India’s future ⓘ
politicalSignificance	marked a truce between Congress and British Government in 1931 ⓘ recognized the Indian National Congress as a major negotiating party ⓘ
precededBy	Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ
purpose	to create conditions for political negotiations between Congress and British Government ⓘ
relatedEvent	Round Table Conferences ⓘ surface form: First Round Table Conference Salt March ⓘ Round Table Conferences ⓘ surface form: Second Round Table Conference
result	participation of Indian National Congress in Second Round Table Conference ⓘ temporary suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ
signatory	Lord Irwin ⓘ Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
signatoryRole	Viceroy of India ⓘ leader of the Indian National Congress ⓘ
signedByTitleOfIrwin	Charles Montagu ⓘ surface form: 1st Earl of Halifax
subjectOf	debates within the Indian National Congress ⓘ historical studies on Indian independence movement ⓘ
year	1931 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gandhi–Irwin Pact → alsoKnownAs → Gandhi–Irwin Pact ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delhi Pact

Gandhi–Irwin Pact → alsoKnownAs → Gandhi–Irwin Pact ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gandhi–Irwin Agreement

Civil Disobedience Movement → negotiation → Gandhi–Irwin Pact ⓘ

Lord Irwin → notableEvent → Gandhi–Irwin Pact ⓘ