Why was poona pact of September 1932 signed
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It was signed by Ambedkar on behalf of the depressed classes and Madan Mohan Malviya on behalf upper caste Hindus and Gandhi as a means to end the fast that Gandhi was undertaking in jail as a protest against the decision by British prime minister Ramsay MacDonald to give separate electorates to depressed classes for ...
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The Poona Pact refers to an agreement between Mahatma Gandhi and 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. Contrary to popular belief, Gandhi was not involved in signing the pact. 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 Madan Mohan Malviya on behalf 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 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 147 electoral seats.[2]