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"Indian Political leaders succeeded in reaching an agreement with the British government, according to which the idea of separate electorates for the Depressed Classes was abandoned, however the seats reserved for them in the provincial legislatures and the Central Legislature were increased." which of the following agreement discussed in the above line?
Explanation:
  • Poona Pact: In order to save the life of Gandhi who was on relentless fast post communal award of Ramsay McDonald, political leaders Madan Mohan Malviya, M.C. Rajah and B.R. Ambedkar got together and succeeded in hammering out an agreement, known as the Poona Pact, according to which the idea of separate electorates for the Depressed Classes was abandoned but the seats reserved for them in the provincial legislatures were increased from seventy-one in the Award to 147 and in the Central Legislature to eighteen per cent of the total.
  • By the end of 1930(post first Round Table Conference), the British had realized that without conciliating the Congress, no political settlement was possible.
  • Gandhi-Irwin Pact: Gandhiji negotiated with the Viceroy Lord Irwin in Delhi. And finally an agreement was signed on 5 March 1931, popularly known as the Gandhi-Irwin Pact or Delhi Pact.
  • Lucknow pact of 1916 also known Congress-League Pact was to reunite Congress was after the Surat split of 1907,and it brought about an agreement between the Congress and the League.

Thus, Option B is Correct.

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