Question

Explain the Communal Award and Poona Pact of 1932.

Answer 1

• At the end of the Second Round Table Conference, the British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald announced a scheme known as the communal Award.
• It provided separate electorates for the minorities and the depressed classes.
• Dr. Ambedkar accepted it but Gandhiji protested against this and went on a fast into death.
• After the Poona Pact in 1932, Gandhiji’s ended his fast.
• The depressed communities agreed to have joint electorates with adequate representation.