Gandhian Era · 1930–1932
Gandhi–Irwin Pact and Round Table Conferences
Britain held three Round Table Conferences in London. Under the Gandhi–Irwin Pact (March 1931), Congress paused Civil Disobedience and Gandhi attended the second conference.
Causes
- Pressure from the Civil Disobedience Movement
- British need to negotiate constitutional reform
Consequences
- Political prisoners released and salt-making allowed for coastal people
- Second Conference failed over minority representation
- Civil Disobedience resumed in 1932
Significance
The first time the British negotiated with Congress as an equal, though the talks produced little.
People
Key terms
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Sources
- Bipan Chandra et al., India's Struggle for Independence (Penguin, 1988)
- Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, From Plassey to Partition (Orient BlackSwan, 2004)