Describe the main features of ‘Poona Pact’

CBSE Class 10 CBSE Class 10 Social Science
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Describe the main features of ‘Poona Pact’.

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  • DR. B.R. AMBEDKAR organised the Dalits into the Depressed Classes Association in 1930 and demanded separate electorates for Dalits. The British Government conceded the demand.
  • Gandhiji began a fast into death.
  • Ambedkar accepted Gandhiji’s position and the result was the Poona Pact of September 1932.
  • It gave the Depressed Classes reserved seats in provincial and central legislative councils.
  • But they were to be voted in by the general electorate.