Rajah-Munje pact between B.S Munje and M.C Rajah was related to
Provision of scholarship to dalits in Banaras Hindu University.
Incorrect AnswerFormation of dalit wing of All India Hindu Mahasabha.
Incorrect AnswerDalit representation in legislatures.
Correct AnswerEmployment sharing of dalits in government jobs.
Incorrect AnswerExplanation:
? After the announcement of separate electorates to Dalits in legislatures, not all the Dalit leaders were in favour of it. While Ambedkar favoured it Dalit leaders like M.C Rajah who was the president of All India Depressed Classes Association were in favour of Joint electorates with Hindus with the provision of reservation of seats on a population basis.
? To this effect, an agreement was reached between B.S Munje, the president of All India Hindu Mahasabha called the Rajah-Munje pact providing representation for Dalits through joint electorates.
? Rajah-Munje pact served as the precursor to the much-celebrated ‘Ambedkar-Gandhi’ Pact (A-GP)
? The differences with respect to separate electorates for Dalits could be reconciled only after the Poona Pact of 1932 which provided 151 seats for scheduled castes in joint electorates.? M.C Rajah was a Dalit politician and social and political activist from Tamil Nadu.
o In late 1935, Rajah chose to not support Dr Ambedkar’s decision to leave Hinduism. Rajah felt that conversion from Hinduism would weaken the determination of the Dalit and Hindu social reformers involved in fighting caste anomalies.
? BS Munje was an Indian freedom fighter. He was a resilient follower of Lokmanya Tilak. He was the general secretary of the Central Indian Provincial Congress for many years.
o After the demise of Tilak in 1920, Moonje separated from Congress and took up the leadership of the Hindu Mahasabha until he handed over the charge to Veer Savarkar in 1937.
o A prominent social reformer, Moonje founded many social institutions including schools, gymnasiums, and hostels for Dalit children. The Bhonsala Military School in Nashik was started by him to provide military training to young Hindus irrespective of caste.
? Hence option (c) is the correct answer.
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