1 History & Culture · 1.5.5 Towards Purna Swaraj 1923–1939

1.5.5.6 Communal Award and the Poona Pact 1932

The Communal Award of 1932 gave separate electorates to the depressed classes, and Gandhi's fast in Yerwada jail ended it in the Poona Pact, which kept the Hindu electorate joint but increased reserved seats.

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  • Communal Award
  • Ramsay MacDonald
  • separate electorates
  • Poona Pact
  • Ambedkar
  • Yerwada
  • fast unto death
  • Harijan Sevak Sangh
  • depressed classes

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