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Why did Mahatma Gandhi suspend the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1931?
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Since the satyagraha could not be suppressed, the Government, through Tej Bahadur Sapru and Jayakar, started negotiations with Gandhiji in jail. This resulted in the signing of a pact by Gandhiji and Lord Irwin, the Viceroy, in March 1931. Hence, the Civil Disobedience Movement was suspended as one of the provisions of the pact.
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