Poona Pact

Poona Pact

▪ 1932, India
      (Sept. 24, 1932), agreement between Hindu leaders in India granting new rights to untouchables (untouchable). The pact resulted from the communal award of Aug. 4, 1932, made by the British government on the failure of the India parties to agree, which allotted seats in the various legislatures of India to the different communities. Mahatma Gandhi (Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand) objected to the provision of separate electorates for the “scheduled castes” (untouchables), which in his view separated them from the whole Hindu community. Though in prison, Gandhi announced a fast unto death, which he began on September 18.

      B.R. Ambedkar (Ambedkar, Bhimrao Ramji), the untouchable leader, who felt that his group's special interests might be advanced by the government's system, resisted concessions until Gandhi was near death. He and the Hindu leaders then agreed to the pact, which withdrew separate electorates but gave increased representation to the scheduled castes for a 10-year period. Ambedkar complained of blackmail, but the pact marked the start of movement against untouchability within the Indian nationalist movement.

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