Q. Who among the following did not participate in talks that led to the Gandhi-Irwin Pact?
Answer: Purshottam Das Tandon
Notes: The Gandhi-Irwin pact was signed in 1931 between Mahatma Gandhi and the then Viceroy of India, Lord Irwin. It resulted in the calling off of civil disobedience movement by Gandhi. The three key figures from the Indian National Congress who helped broker this agreement through negotiations with the British were:
  1. Tej Bahadur Sapru
  2. M R Jayakar
  3. V S Srinivasa Sastri
Purshottam Das Tandon was NOT among one of the three Indian leaders who persuaded the INC and British to arrive at the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of 1931.

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