Withdrawal of tax on khadi production
On March 5, 1931 before the second Round Table Conference in London, on March 5, 1931 before the second Round Table Con-ference in London signed the Gandhi–Irwin Pact. Gandhiji on behalf of the Indian National Congress agreed to discontinue the Civil Disobe-dience movement. The Con-gress agreed to join the second Round Table Conference to chalk out constitutional reforms. Some of the other conditions were that the British would withdraw all orders imposing curbs on the activities of the Indian National Congress. They also agreed to withdraw trials relating to several offences except those involving violence and release of prisoners arrested for partici-pating in the civil disobedience movement. It was also agreed that the British would remove the tax on salt, which allowed Indians to produce, trade, and sell salt legally and for their own use.
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