INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Babasaheb Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi signed on September 24, 1932, at Yerwada Central Jail in Pune, to break Mahatma Gandhi’s fast unto death. Poona pact was the result of the communal award granted in 1932 by the British government.

Detailed explanation-2: -On 24 September 1932, the Poona Pact was sealed between Mahatma Gandhi and Dr B R Ambedkar in the Yerwada Central Jail, Pune. Gandhiji was undertaking a fast against the British government’s decision to grant separate electorates for the ‘Depressed classes’. This Pact ended the fast.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Poona Pact gave reserved seats for depressed classes in the central and provincial legislative councils. They were to be voted by the general electorate.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Poona Pact was 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.

Detailed explanation-5: -The pact finally settled upon 147 electoral seats. Nearly twice as many seats were reserved for Depressed Classes under the Poona Pact than what had been offered by MacDonald’s Separate Electorate.