Gandhi-Irwin Pact

Under the Gandhi-Irwin Pact (1931), the British government agreed to withdraw all ordinances issued to curb the Civil Disobedience Movement (Statement 2 is correct) and release all political prisoners except those convicted of violence (Statement 4 is correct). The Congress agreed to suspend the movement and attend the Second Round Table Conference (Statement 1 is correct). However, Lord Irwin outright rejected Gandhi's demand for a public inquiry into police excesses (Statement 3 is incorrect). > One-line conceptual takeaway: The Gandhi-Irwin Pact involved compromises, notably the British refusal to commute the death sentences of Bhagat Singh and his comrades or investigate police atrocities. Answer: (b).