Communal Award

In august 1932 Ramsay Macdonald the british prime minister announced a scheme of representation of the minorities , which came to be know as the communal award . The award not only continued separate electrorates for the muslim sikhs Indian christians , Anglo- Indians and Europeans but also extended it to the depressed classes . Gandhi ji was distressed over this extension of the priniciple of communal representation to the depressed classes and under took fast unto death in yearavada jail to get the award modified . At last , there was an agreement between the leaders of the congress and the depressed classes . The agreement known as poona pact retained the hindu joint elect