Should the Depressed Classes elect their own representatives in separate electorates?
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Babasaheb Ambedkar) and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi)
September 1932. Britain's Communal Award has granted the Depressed Classes separate electorates, and Gandhi has begun a fast unto death against them.
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Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Babasaheb Ambedkar)
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Babasaheb Ambedkar)Social reformer who drafted the constitution of India1891–1956Under great pressure to give up the separate electorates while Gandhi's life is in danger.
Their position, as they argued it
Yes: only separate electorates let the Depressed Classes choose representatives of their own, rather than ones acceptable to caste Hindus.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi)
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi)The lawyer who led non-violent resistance to British rule1869–1948In Yerwada prison, fasting since 20 September.
Their position, as they argued it
No: separate electorates would divide Hindu society for ever; untouchability must be ended from within, and he will fast unto death against them.
Where this is documented
The Poona Pact (24 September 1932); Ambedkar, What Congress and Gandhi Have Done to the Untouchables (1945)
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