write short note 1)Poona pact.
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Explanation:
The Poona Pact is an agreement between M K Gandhi and B R Ambedkar signed in the Yerwada Central Jail, Poona on September 24th, 1932 on behalf of the depressed class for the reservation of the electoral seats in the Legislature of the British Government.
This Pact ended the fast that Gandhi had undertaken in the jail to protest against British Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald’s award of a separate electorate to the Depressed Classes.
Hi friend_______,
★ On 1932 Gandhi and Ambedkar negotiated all agreement known as the Poona Pact.
★ The principle of separate electorates was abandoned.
★ Instead the principle of joint electorate was accepted with reservation of seats for the depressed classes.
★ Reserved seats for the depressed classes were increased from 71 to 148.In the central Legislature 18 percent of the seats were reserved.