Consider the following with regard to Poona Pact 1932 1 It retained the Hindu joint electorate...........

Modern Indian History 1921-1932

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Consider the following with regard to Poona Pact, 1932

1. It retained the Hindu joint electorate

2. Reservation was provided for the depressed classes

3. Communal Award was the precursor to the Poona pact

4. It was signed between Mahatma Gandhi and B R Ambedkar

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1 and 2 only

1, 2 and 4

1, 2 and 3

All of the above

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Explanation:

· Communal Award In August 1932, Ramsay MacDonald, the British Prime Minister, announced a scheme of representation of the minorities, which came to be known as the Communal Award. The award not only continued separate electorates for the Muslims, Sikhs, Indian Christians, Anglo-Indians and Europeans but also extended it to the depressed classes (scheduled castes). Gandhiji was distressed over this extension of the principle of communal representation to the depressed classes and undertook fast unto death in Yeravada Jail (Poona) to get the award modified. At last, there was an agreement between between Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi on 24 September 1932 at Yerwada Central Jail in Pune (now in Maharashtra), India. It was signed by Pt Madan Mohan Malviya and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and some Dalit leaders to break the fast unto death undertaken by Gandhi in Yerwada jail to annul Macdonald Award giving separate electorate to Dalits for electing members of state legislative assemblies in British India.

· The agreement, known as Poona Pact, retained the Hindu joint electorate and gave reserved seats to the depressed classes