what are the terms of the Poona pact?
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Answer:
Terms of the Poona Pact Seat reservation for the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) in provincial legislature The STs and SCs would form an electoral college which would elect four candidates for the general electorate The representation of these classes was based on the standards of joint electorates and reserved seats
Explanation:
The Poona Pact was an agreement between Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar on behalf of depressed classes and upper caste Hindu leaders on the reservation of electoral seats for the depressed classes in the legislature of British India government in 1930. It was made on 24 September 1932 at Yerwada Central Jail in Poona, India. It was signed by Ambedkar on behalf of the depressed classes and by Madan Mohan Malviya on behalf of the upper caste Hindus and Gandhi [1] as a means to end the fast that Gandhi was undertaking in jail as a protest against the decision made by British prime minister Ramsay MacDonald to give separate electorates to depressed classes for the election of members of provincial legislative assemblies in British India. They finally agreed upon 148 electoral seats.[2]
Answer:
The Poona Pact was an agreement between Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar on behalf of depressed classes and upper caste Hindu leaders on the reservation of electoral seats for the depressed classes in the legislature of British India government in 1930.
Central Provinces: 20
Total: 148