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| 1931, Jan. 26 |
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| Gandhi was released from prison, and, at Lord Irwin's request, entered upon discussions with the government. | 1 |
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| March 4 |
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| The Delhi pact resulted. Gandhi agreed to discontinue civil disobedience and promised that the congress would recognize the round-table conferences; in return Lord Irwin agreed to release political prisoners who had not been guilty of violence. | 2 |
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| March 24 |
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| A civil strike called by the congress to protest the execution of bomb-throwing Bhagat Singh turned into a Hindu-Muslim riot of unprecedented scale in Kanpur, United Provinces. | 3 |
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| Sept. 7–Dec. 1 |
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| Second round-table conference. Gandhi went to London as sole representative of the congress, but the conference broke up without reaching agreement on the representation of religious and other minorities. | 4 |
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