Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Fwd: 1932 Round Table Conference Resolution

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From: 4th August 1932 <4thaugust1932@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, May 25, 2011 at 2:49 PM
Subject: 1932 Round Table Conference Resolution
To: letters@baltsun.com

Sir,

Will you support us to revoke the 1932 Round Table Conference Resolution to seek Autonomy/Homeland for 300 million SC/ST community via a Bill in Indian Parliament.

The Communal Award was announced by the British Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald in 4 of August 1932 to grant separate electorates to minority communities in India, including Muslims,Sikhs, and Dalit (then known as the Depressed Classes or Untouchables) in India.

In August 1932, the then Prime Minister of Britain, Ramsay Macdonald gave his 'award' known as the communal award. According to it, separate representation was to be provided for the Muslims, Sikhs, Indian Christians, Anglo-Indians, Europeans, etc. The depressed classes were assigned a number of seats to be filled by election from special constituencies in which voters belonging to the depressed classes only could vote.

The Award was highly controversial and opposed by Mahatma Gandhi, who fasted in protest against it. It was supported by many among the minority communities, most notably the dalit leader, B. R. Ambedkar.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communal_Award

Regards,

David Rukstales

Communal Award

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Communal Award was announced by the British Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald in 4 of August 1932 to grant separate electoratesto minority communities in India, including Muslims, Sikhs, and Dalit (then known as the Depressed Classes or Untouchables) in India.