COMMUNAL AWARD AND POONA PACT
- The Communal Award announced by Ramsay Macdonald on 1st December 1931 provided for special reservation or special electorates for the depressed classed as distinct from Hindu.
- This was resented by the National Congress and Gandhi ji announced to resist it with his life.
- The cunning policy of the Britishers desired to isolate the depressed classes from Hindus.
- However, Gandhi ji 's indeterminable fast from 20 September 1932 made the British Government to reconsider and as a result Poona Pact was signed whereby Dr. B.R. Ambedkar agreed to give up separate electorates.
- This was accepted by the British Government and Communal Award was accordingly modified.
- Poona Pact was a agreement between Hindu leaders in India granting new rights to untouchables.
- Thus, on one side it took the measures against the congress and to suppress Indian Politics and on the other hand when it realized that suppression by force was not possible, it pushed on with the work of making a new constitution which ultimately resulted in Government Of Indian Act, 1935.
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