B.A./B.COM. LL.B. (5 YEAR LAW / U.G. LAW) Panjab University Entrance Exam 2016 : MCQs and Answer Key

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39.

Famous Gandhi-Irwin Pact Was Signed On :

A: 5th March, 1931

B: 10th April, 1931

C: 1st March, 1932

D: 14th August, 1945

The answer is: A

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Explanation

The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed on March 5, 1931 between Mohandas K. Gandhi, leader of the Indian nationalist movement, and Lord Irwin (later Lord Halifax), British viceroy (1926–31) of India. The pact marked the end of a period of civil disobedience (satyagraha) in India against British rule that Gandhi and his followers had initiated with the Salt March (March–April 1930)