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Castes in India, Annihilation of Caste, Linguistic States and other essays

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186 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES APPENDIX 2— contd. Name of State Area sq. miles Population Est. 1944 1 23 34. Oklahoma .. .. .. 69,919 2,064,679 35. Oregon .. .. .. 96,981 1,214,226 36. Pennsylvania .. .. 45,332 9,247,088 37. Rhode-Island .. .. .. 1,214 778,972 38. South Carolina .. .. 31,055 1,923,354 39. South Dakota .. .. 77,047 558,629 40. Tennessee .. .. .. 42,246 2,870,158 41. Texas .. .. .. 267,339 6,876,248 42. Utah .. .. .. 84,916 606,994 43. Vermont .. .. .. 9,609 310,941 44. Virginia .. .. .. 40,815 3,119,115 45. Washington .. .. .. 68,192 2,055,378 46. West Virginia .. .. 24,181 1,715,984 47. Wisconsin .. .. .. 56,154 2,975,910 48. Wyoming .. .. .. 97,914 257,108 APPENDIX 3 The population of the Bombay City according to the Communities given in the Census of 1941 is as follows: Hindu .. .. .. .. .. 8,99,398 Scheduled Castes .. .. .. .. 1,21,352 Muslims .. .. .. .. .. 2,51,518 Indian Christians .. .. .. .. 1,22,683 Anglo-Indians .. .. .. .. 8,787 Parsees .. .. .. .. .. 58,813 Sikhs .. .. .. .. .. 2,418 Jains .. .. .. .. .. 33,281 Buddhists .. .. .. .. .. 912 Tribes .. .. .. .. .. 4,606 Others .. .. .. .. .. 29,847 Total .. 1,489,883 The area of the Bombay City according to the Census of 1941 was 30 sq. miles.

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THOUGHTS ON LINGUISTIC STATES 187 APPENDIX 3A Inter-Provincial Immigration And Emigration In India Variation As Compared With 1921 In The Volume Of Migration Within India Net gain + or loss – 1931 Net gain + or loss – 1921 Variation 1921-31 Province or State Immigrants Emigrants Immigrants Emigrants Immigrants Emigrants 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Provinces or States which gain Assam .. + 1,241,011 1,314,047 73,036 + 1,140,752 1,216,661 75,909 + 97,386 – 2,873 Bengal .. + 771,936 1,726,370 954,434 1,132,192 1,817,775 685,581 – 91,405 + 268,853 Burma .. + 593,324 617,521 24,197 + 553,471 572,530 19,059 + 44,991 + 5,138 Bombay .. + 596,707 1,188,901 592,194 + 472,023* 1,039,622 567,599* + 256,074 + 318,280* Central Provinces and Berar. + 27,003 649,064 422,061 + 197,323 603.924 406,601 + 45,140 + 15,460 Mysore .. + 215,462 340,700 125,238 + 210,064 309,850 99,786 + 30,850 + 25,452 Delhi .. + 189,736 259,163 69,427 + 113,158 182,485 69,327 + 76,678 + 100 Baroda .. + 127,907 333,077 105,176 + 10,674 231,880 221,206 + 101,197 – 16,030 Central India Agency + 115,566 598,102 482,536 + 58,056 544,688 486,632 + 53,414 – 4,096 Travancore .. + 83,919 133,852 49,933 + 49,732 71,973 22,241 + 61,879 + 27,692 Ajmer-Merwara .. + 44,029 104,938 60,909 + 66,033 108,452 42,419 – 3,514 + 18,490 Cochin .. + 41,424 87,214 45,790 + 15,792 39,689 23,897 + 47,525 + 21,893

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188 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES APPENDIX 3A —contd. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Coorg .. + 35,388 38,619 3,231 + 30,988 33,838 2,850 + 4,781 + 381 Baluchistan .. + 23,779 66,542 42,763 + 5,924 66,166 60,242 + 376 – 17,479 North West Frontier + 21,187 111,868 90,681 + 50,835 118,395 67,560 – 6,527 + 23,121 Province. Andamans and Nicobars. + 13,703 14,255 582 + 14,080 14,396 316 – 141 + 236 Provinces or States which Lose Sikkim .. – 4,782 2,403 7,212 – 2,297 1,836 4,133 + 594 + 3,079 Gwalior .. – 14,471 281,350 296,821 + 632 289,657 289,025 – 8,307 + 7,796 Jammu and Kashmir – 33,266 61,189 94,445 – 22,685 61,561 84,246 – 372 + 10,029 Punjab .. – 67,792 635,025 702,817 + 60,940 591,885 530,942 + 43,140 + 171,875 Hyderabad .. – 19,788 312,814 332,602 – 166,326 197,127 363,453 + 115,687 – 30,851 Western India States Agency. – 186,890 106,795 293,685 Included against Bombay Rajputana .. – 516,898 329,913 864,811 – 625,650 242,234 8,67,893 + 87,670 – 21,082 Madras .. – 888,339 246,892 1,135,231 – 718,183 196,609 914,792 + 50,283 + 220,439 United Provinces .. – 1,063,143 494,308 1,557,451 – 974,642 425,152 1,399,794 + 69,156 + 157,657 Bihar and Orisa .. – 1,291,567 466,563 1,758,130 – 1,567,968 387,068 1,955,036 + 79,495 – 196,906 *Includes Western India Agency. Includes Punjab States Agency Note—The figures for provinces include those for the States attached to them except in the case of Madras, where they exclude Cochin and Travancore. Migration figures to and from countries outside British India are excluded.

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THOUGHTS ON LINGUISTIC STATES 189 APPENDIX 4 Provincial/State Revenue Yield (Crores of Rupees) Share in total revenue (per cent) 1921-22 1936-37 1938-39 1944-45 1953-54 (R. E.) 1921-22 1936-37 1938-39 1944-45 1953-54 (R. E.) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total Revenue .. .. 58.48 74.86 76.78 193.87 462.04 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Land Revenue .. .. 29.08 25.96 25.40 30.21 69.20 49.7 34.7 33.1 15.6 15.0 State excise .. .. 15.67 13.63 13.08 43.42 44.81 26.8 18.2 17.0 22.4 9.7 Stamps .. .. 10.14 10.80 9.53 15.20 23.50 17.3 14.4 12.4 7.8 5.1 Registration .. .. 1.07 1.11 1.09 2.39 3.91 1.8 1.5 1.4 1.2 0.9 General Sales Tax .. .... .... .... 7.91 57.25 .... .... .... 4.1 12.4 Forests (net) .. .. 0.66 0.71 0.63 4.58 10.82 1.1 0.9 0.8 2.4 2.3 Irrigation works for which capital accounts are kept (net). 5.55 7.53 7.57 10.14 8.09 9.5 10.0 9.9 5.2 1.8 Devolution of revenue and grants from the Centre. (—) 9.02 2.67 6.45 36.89 117.92 .... 3.6 8.4 19.1 25.6 Share of income-tax assigned to States. 3.09 0.04 1.47 25.75 56.90 5.3 0.1 1.9 13.3 12.3 Share of jute duty assigned to States. .... 2.13 2.51 1.48 .... .... 2.8 3.3 0.8 ....

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190 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES APPENDIX 4— contd. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Share of Central excise duties assigned to State. .... .... .... .... 15.94 .... .... .... .... 3.5 Grants in aid, etc., from the Centre. 12.11 0.50 2.47 9.66 45.08 .. 0.7 3.2 5.0 9.8 Figures for 1921-22 exclude those for Burma but include Sind as part of Bombay. Figures for 1936-37 exclude those for Burma, Sind and N.W.F.P. Figures for 1938-39 and 1944-45 are for nine Provinces excluding Sind and N.W.F.P.. Figures for 1953-54 relate to all Part A, Part B and Six Part C States. Transfers from funds are excluded, receipts under forests are taken net after deducting entire expenditure from gross receipts, for other public utilities and State undertaking net receipts (after deducting working expenses) are included. APPENDIX 5 Budgetary Position of the States on Revenue Account PART ‘A’ STATES 1950-51 1951-52 1952-53 1953-54* (R.E.) 1954-55 (B.E.) Revenue .. .. .. .. 214.37 315.60 229.32 357.49 367.17 Expenditure .. .. .. .. 293.08 309.10 329.37 371.64 400.89 Surplus (+) or deficit (–) .. .. .. (+) 1.29 (+) 6.50 (–) 0.15 (–) 14.15 (–) 33.72 Surplus (+) or deficit (–) (excluding transfers from and to Revenue Reserve Funds). (–) 3.15 (–) 2.25 (–) 12.01 (–) 20.82 (–) 39.86