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GSEasyPrelims 2012Modern History

Mahatma Gandhi undertook fast unto death in 1932, mainly because:

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Mahatma Gandhi undertook a fast unto death in September 1932 to protest against the Communal Award announced by British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald. The award provided for separate electorates for Muslims, Sikhs, Indian Christians, Anglo-Indians, Europeans, and the Depressed Classes. Gandhi specifically opposed the provision for the Depressed Classes, as he viewed it as an attempt to divide the Hindu community by treating the Depressed Classes as a separate political entity. He believed this would prevent their social integration. The fast ended following the Poona Pact (September 1932), an agreement between B.R. Ambedkar and Gandhi (represented by Madan Mohan Malaviya), which replaced separate electorates for the Depressed Classes with reserved seats within the general Hindu electorate.

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