Question

7. Why was the Poona Pact signed between Ambedkar and Gandhiji?
8. What was the Direct Action Day? Why was it important for the members of the Muslim
League?​

Answer 1

Q.7) Ambedkar was demanding separate electorates for dalits. Mahatma Gandhi believed that separate electorates for dalits would slow down the process of their integration into society. Ambedkar ultimately accepted Gandhiji's position and the result was Poona Pact of September 1932.

Q.8) Direct Action Day (16 August 1946), also known as the 1946 Calcutta Killings, was a day of nationwide protest by the Indian Muslim community announced by Jinnah. It led to large-scale violence between Muslims and Hindus in the city of Calcutta (now known as Kolkata) in the Bengal province of British India. The day also marked the start of what is known as The Week of the Long Knives.

Answer 2

Answer:

Ans-7 It was signed by Ambedkar on behalf of the dispressed classes and by Madan Mohan Malviya on behalf of the lower cast of Hindus and Gandhi as means to end the fast that Gandhi was undertaking in jail as a protest against the decision made by a British Prime minister Ramasay McDonald.

Ans-8. Direct Action Day (16 August 1946) was known as the 1946 Calcutta Killings, was a day of nationwide protest by the Indian Muslim Community announced by Jinnah. It led to large scale violence between muslims and Hindus in the city of Calcutta