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Gandhi and Lord Irwin sign the Delhi Pact ending this round of civil disobedience

On 5 March 1931 Gandhi, as Congress’s negotiator, and Viceroy Irwin agreed that civil disobedience would halt, salt on the coast would be tolerated in limited form, and Congress would attend the Round Table. In the causal graph this event strengthens Humanitarian Access, a driver that strengthens People Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC) — a worsening welfare path.

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On 5 March 1931 Gandhi, as Congress’s negotiator, and Viceroy Irwin agreed that civil disobedience would halt, salt on the coast would be tolerated in limited form, and Congress would attend the Round Table. It is a truce, not swaraj.

Context

Truces release prisoners and they also split militants from negotiators. The improving path is a dated humanitarian and political de-escalation.

Mahatma Gandhi is not the sole author of every later object, law, or museum label that uses the name. Shared work with courts, excavators, printers, spouses, officials, and later states does not erase a documented role, and it does not make an ancient person the signer of a twentieth-century statute.

Why it matters

A pact is not a constitution. Churchill’s opposition is another row.

A pact is not a constitution. Churchill’s opposition is another row.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Mahatma Gandhi

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.36 · verified

    He designed, walked, fasted, wrote, or negotiated; Congress, ashram, family, or opponents shared the act.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.The National Archives — Gandhi and the Cabinet MissionThe National Archives (UK) · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Mahatma GandhiEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, and museums are not converted into extra lifetime acts. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself. Confidence is stated on the impact path. A later English edition is not a recovered autograph. If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorMahatma Gandhi
  2. contributed toFactGandhi and Lord Irwin sign the Delhi Pact ending this round of civil disobedience
  3. strengthensDriverHumanitarian Access
  4. strengthensIndicatorPeople Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC)

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Factrail. (2026). Gandhi and Lord Irwin sign the Delhi Pact ending this round of civil disobedience. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/ga-gandhi-irwin-pact-1931

https://factrail.ai/facts/ga-gandhi-irwin-pact-1931

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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