HISTORY
MODERN INDIA
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Question
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common electorate for all Hindus
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reservation of 48 seats for the depressed classes in different provincial legislatures
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reservation of 18 per cent of the seats in the Central Legislature
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All the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Option D Solution: Mahatma Gandhi broke his epic fast unto death on September 26, 1932 after the Poona Pact, which provided for common electorate for all Hindus, reservation of 48 seats for the depressed classes in different provincial legislatures and reservation of 18 per cent of the seats in the Central Legislature.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ahmedabad Mill Strike marks Mahatma Gandhi’s first fast unto death. In March 1918, under the leadership of Gandhi, there was a strike in the cotton mills in Ahmedabad. It was at this juncture that Gandhi began the ‘first’ of his seventeen ‘fasts unto death’ on 15 March, 1918.
Detailed explanation-3: -When the British government conceded Ambedkar’s demand Gandhiji began a fast unto death. He believed that separate electorates for dalits would slow down the process of their integration into society. Ambedkar ultimately accepted Gandhiji’s point and it resulted in the Poona Pact of September 1932.