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title: "Gandhi-Irwin Pact of 1931: Terms and Significance"
description: "The Gandhi-Irwin Pact, signed 5 March 1931, suspended Civil Disobedience and brought Congress to the Second Round Table Conference. See its terms and limits."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was a political agreement signed on 5 March 1931 between Mahatma Gandhi and Viceroy Lord Irwin, suspending the Civil Disobedience Movement.
- Why is the Gandhi-Irwin Pact also called the Delhi Pact?
- What did the Congress and the government each concede under the pact?
- Why was the pact controversial among nationalists?
- How is the Gandhi-Irwin Pact different from the Poona Pact?

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1. 5 March 1931

   The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was a political agreement signed on between Mahatma Gandhi and Viceroy Lord Irwin, suspending the Civil Disobedience Movement.

2. 23 March 1931

   Younger and more radical figures—Subhas Chandra Bose and Jawaharlal Nehru among them—criticised the suspension of mass struggle without securing the central…

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In London on 23 January 1931, the Government of India released Mahatma Gandhi from Yerwada jail to negotiate directly with Viceroy Lord Irwin, culminating in the Delhi Pact signed on 5 March 1931.

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