Modern Indian History UPPSC 2004 GS-I
Question

Poona Pact was signed between:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option D: Gandhiji and Ambedkar

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Gandhiji and Ambedkar”.

The Poona Pact was signed on September 24, 1932, between Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar at Yerwada Central Jail in Pune, Maharashtra.

The pact annulled the Macdonald Award, which had given Dalits separate electorates for electing members of state legislative assemblies. Instead, the Poona Pact proposed a joint electorate with reserved seats for the depressed classes.

On 16 August 1932, Ramsay MacDonald, announced the Communal Award. It provided separate electorates to the minorities, i.e. Muslims, Sikhs, Indian Christians, Anglo-Indians, women and the "depressed classes".

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