What were the solutions suggested by B.R Amebekar and Mahatma Gandhi to improve the conditions of the untouchables in India?what is the significance of the Poona Pact in this regard?
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they provide reserved seats in legislative assembly. its significance was that they assign poona pact in 1932.
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B.R. Ambedkar :
(i) He formed an organisation called Depressed Classes Association.
(ii)He believed that political empowerment could resolve the problem of their social
disability.
(iii)He demanded separate electorates for Dalits.
Mahatma Gandhi :
(i)He wanted to eliminate untouchability.
(ii)He called the untouchables, Harijans.
(iii)He organised satyagrahas to secure for them, entry into temples and use of public
wells, roads, schools etc. He himself cleaned toilets to show respect to the work of a sweeper.
iv)He believed that separate electorate will slow down the process of their integration into society.
The Poona Pact :
(i) Ambedkar finally accepted Gandhiji’s position. In 1932, the Poona Pact, was signed.
(ii)According to this Pact, seats were reserved in the Provincial and Central Legislative
Councils for Dalits. But they were to be voted in by the general electorate.
(i) He formed an organisation called Depressed Classes Association.
(ii)He believed that political empowerment could resolve the problem of their social
disability.
(iii)He demanded separate electorates for Dalits.
Mahatma Gandhi :
(i)He wanted to eliminate untouchability.
(ii)He called the untouchables, Harijans.
(iii)He organised satyagrahas to secure for them, entry into temples and use of public
wells, roads, schools etc. He himself cleaned toilets to show respect to the work of a sweeper.
iv)He believed that separate electorate will slow down the process of their integration into society.
The Poona Pact :
(i) Ambedkar finally accepted Gandhiji’s position. In 1932, the Poona Pact, was signed.
(ii)According to this Pact, seats were reserved in the Provincial and Central Legislative
Councils for Dalits. But they were to be voted in by the general electorate.
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