(i) When Indian leaders were arrested, angry crowds demonstrated in the streets of Peshawar, facing armoured cars and police firing. Many were killed. (ii) A month later, when Gandhiji himself was arrested, industrial workers attacked police posts, government buildings, law courts and railway stations and all structures that symbolised the British rule. (iii) A frightened government responded with a policy of brutal repression. Peaceful satyagrahis were attacked, women and children were beaten, and about 100,000 people were arrested. (iv) To break the deadline between Congress and the government **** Irwin invited Gandhiji for a peace pact i.e Gandhi-Irwin pact. (v) Under such a situation Gandhiji decided to call off the movement.