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Poona Pact of 1932
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About — Poona Pact of 1932
The Poona Pact of 1932, negotiated between Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in Poona, altered the British Government of India Act by replacing separate electorates for Dalits with a single electorate and reserving 148 seats for the Depressed Classes in provincial legislatures. This agreement doubled Dalit representation, raising it from 71 to 148 seats in the Central Legislative Assembly.