- Explain the Poona Pact of 1932.
- What were the apprehension Gandhiji had regarding the grant of separate electorates to the dalits?###When and why was the Poona Pact signed?
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- Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, who organised the dalits into the Depressed Classes Association in 1930, clashed with Mahatma Gandhi at the Second Round Table Conference by demanding separate electorate for dalits.
- When the British government conceded Ambedkar's demand, Gandhiji began a fast into death because he became apprehensive regarding the grant of separate electorates to the dalits.
- Gandhiji believed that grant of separate electorates would weaken the national movement and slow down the process of integration of dalits into the mainstream of society.
- Poona Pact was signed in 1932 between the two leaders B.R. Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi to resolve the question of separate electorates for dalits. It gave depressed classes reserved seats in provincial and central legislative councils but they were to be voted in by the general electorate.
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