| Names |
LORD IRWIN |
| Date of Birth |
April 16, 1881 |
| Date of
Death |
December 23, 1959 |
|
Identity |
Viceroy of India from 1925 to
1931 |
| Special Achievements
/ Events |
- Full birth name: Edward Frederick Lindley
Wood.
- Popularly known as Lord Irwin from 1925
until 1934 and Viscount Halifax from 1934 until 1944.
- In India he is best known as a party to the
Gandhi-Irwin Pact.
- He was one of the most senior British
Conservative politicians of the 1930s.
- Viceroy of India from 1925 to
1931 and of Foreign Secretary between 1938 and 1940.
- He is regarded as one of the architects of
the policy of appeasement prior to the Second World War.
- From 1941 to 1946, he served as
British Ambassador in Washington.
- On January 23, 1931 He
became the first occupant of Viceroy's House in India,
now called Rashtrapati Bhawan.
- March 05, 1931 -
Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed by Mahatma Gandhi and Lord
Irwin focussed on free use of salt by the poorest of Indians and
release of political prisoners.
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Apr 03, 1926: He became the
Viceroy and Governor-General of India.
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Apr 18, 1931: He retired as
the Viceroy and Governor-General of India.
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Mar 05, 1931: He was the
signatory of the famous Gandhi-Irwin Pact signed on this day
after which the Civil Disobedience Movement and the boycott
of British goods were suspended in exchange for a Second
Round Table Conference that represented all interests.
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Mar 20, 1931: He paid
tribute to Gandhi's honesty, sincerity and patriotism at a
dinner given by ruling princes.
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Jan 23, 1931: On this day, he became the
first occupant of Viceroy's House in India, now called
Rashtrapati Bhawan
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