✅ The Gandhi-Irwin Pact ended the Civil Disobedience Movement
📘 Key Facts
Satyagraha is a form of non-violent resistance or civil disobedience, introduced by Mahatma Gandhi as a powerful tool in the Indian freedom struggle against British rule.
🔹 Pact Name Gandhi-Irwin Pact
🔹 Signed On 5 March 1931
🔹 Between Mahatma Gandhi and Lord Irwin (Viceroy)
🔹 Movement It Ended Civil Disobedience Movement (1930–1931)
🔹 Main Outcome Gandhi agreed to attend the Second Round Table Conference in London
🔹 British Concessions Release of political prisoners (non-violent), return of confiscated lands, etc.
✅ The Civil Disobedience Movement was introduced by: Mahatma Gandhi
📘 Key Details
🔹 Introduced By Mahatma Gandhi
🔹 Officially Launched 12 March 1930
🔹 Started With Dandi March (Salt March) from Sabarmati to Dandi
🔹 Purpose To break unjust British laws through peaceful non-compliance
🔹 Main Act Broken Salt Law (producing salt without tax was illegal)
🔹 Key Slogan "Do or Die" (used later in Quit India Movement)
🔹 Ended Temporarily Gandhi-Irwin Pact, March 1931.