Consider the following statements about Communal Award 1 The Communal Award declared the depressed c...........

Modern Indian History 1921-1932

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Consider the following statements about Communal Award.

1. The Communal Award declared the depressed classes also to be minorities and entitled them to `separate electorates'.

2. The Congress along with Gandhi rejected it.

3. The Poona Pact abandoned separate electorates for the depressed classes.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

1&3 only

2 only

2&3 only

All the above

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Explanation:

COMMUNAL AWARD AND POONA PACT
The Communal Award was announced by the British Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald, in August 1932. This was yet another expression of British policy of divide and rule. The Muslims, Sikhs and Christians had already been recognized as minorities. The Communal Award declared the depressed classes also to be minorities and entitled them to `separate electorates'.
Congress Stand Though opposed to separate electorates, the Congress was not in favour of changing the Communal Award without the consent of the minorities. Thus, while strongly disagreeing with the Communal Award, the Congress decided neither to accept it nor to reject it.

Poona Pact was Signed by B.R. Ambedkar on behalf of the depressed classes in September 1932, the Pact abandoned separate electorates for the depressed classes.