Question

what was reason behind signing of the poona act ? how did it benefits the dalits​

Answer 1

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The Poona Pact was an agreement between Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. 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.

Answer 2

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Q. What was reason behind signing of the Poona act ?

Answer:

1. Mahatma Gandhi declared that swaraj would not come for a hundred years if untouchability was not eliminated.
2. For this, he attempted to organise satyagraha to secure the dalits entry into temples, and access to public wells, tanks, roads and schools etc.  
3. But Dalits were keen on a different political solution to the problems of the community.  
4. As a result, they began organising themselves, demanding reserved seats and a separate electorate . In their belief, only political empowerment would resolve the problems of such social disabilities.  
5. As their demands were not being fulfilled, they avoided the participation in the Civil disobedience movement.  
6. Dr. BR Ambedkar, in the support of the Dalits clashed with Mahatma Gandhi at the second Round Table Conference by demanding separate electorates for dalits.
7. On the contrary, Gandhi was unwilling to accept BR Ambedkar’s demand and began a fast unto death. He believed that separate electorates for dalits would slow down the process of their integration into society.
8. At last, Ambedkar accepted Gandhiji’s position which resulted in the Poona Pact of September 1932.  

Q. How did it benefit the dalits?

Answer:

It benefitted the Dalits in the following ways:

1. It gave the Depressed Classes reserved seats in provincial and central legislative councils.  
2. They were now to be voted in by the general electorate.

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