The Gandhian phase 1915-1939
Communal Award, Poona Pact and the Harijan campaign 1932-34
Practise 3 PYQsConcepts to cover
- Ramsay MacDonald's Communal Award August 1932: separate electorates extended to depressed classes
- Fast unto death at Yerwada September 1932; Poona Pact with Ambedkar: joint electorates with 148 reserved provincial seats and 18 percent at the centre
- All India Anti-Untouchability League led by Gandhi (Harijan Sevak Sangh, G.D. Birla president), Harijan weekly, Harijan tour 1933-34, temple entry bill
Where to study
A Brief History of Modern India · Rajiv Ahir (Spectrum)
- ch. 19 Civil Disobedience Movement and Round Table Conferences
- ch. 20 Debates on the Future Strategy after Civil Disobedience Movement
Themes in Indian History Part III, Class XII, Theme 11 Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement: Civil Disobedience and Beyond
- Theme 11 Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement, pp. 1-30 (printed 286-315)
- Theme 11 Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement, 3.2 Dialogues; The problem with separate electorates, pp. 15-16 (printed 300-301)
- Theme 11 Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement, Ambedkar on separate electorates, p. 16 (printed 301)
- Theme 11 Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement, 3.1 Dandi, p. 14 (printed 299)
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XII History
- ch. 5 Period of Radicalism in Anti-imperialist Struggles
India’s Struggle for Independence, 1857–1947 · Bipan Chandra and others
- ch. 23 From Karachi to Wardha: The Years from 1932-1934, pp. 284-295