<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (December 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (December 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Gandhi--Irwin Pact was a political agreement signed by Mahatma Gandhi and the then Viceroy of India, Lord Irwin on 5 March 1931 before the second Round Table Conference in London . Before this, the viceroy Lord Irwin announced in October 1929, a vague offer of' dominion status' for India in an unspecified future and a Round Table Conference to discuss a future constitution. The second round table conference which was held in 1931 </P> <P> "The Two Mahatmas"--as Sarojini Naidu described Gandhi and Irwin--had eight meetings that totaled 24 hours . Gandhi was impressed by Irwin's sincerity . The terms of the "Gandhi - Irwin Pact" fell manifestly short of those Gandhi prescribed as the minimum for a truce . </P>

Who announced a vague offer of dominion status for india in 1929