Vol. 8 · pages 486–490

461 PAKISTAN : APPENDICES APPENDIX XVIII – ( contd.) Allocation of Seats in Provincial Legislatures (Lower House only) Province. General. Depressed Classes Represen- tatives from Backward Areas. Sikh. Muham- madan. Indian Christian. Anglo- Indian. European. Commerce and Industry, Mining and Planting, Special. (a) Land-holders, Special. University, special. Labour, Special. Total. Madras ... ... ... 134 (Including 6 women) 18 1 0 29 (including 1 woman) 9 (inc. 1 woman) 2 3 6 6 1 6 215 Bombay (Including Sind) ... 97 (b) (including 5 women) 10 1 0 63 (including 1 woman) 3 2 4 8 3 1 8 200 Bengal ... ... ... 80 (c) (including 2 women) (c) 0 0 119 (including 2 women) 2 4 (inc. 1 woman) 11 19 5 2 8 250 United Provinces ... ... 132 (including 4 women) 12 0 0 66 (including 2 women) 2 1 2 3 5 1 3 228 Punjab ... ... ... 43 (including 1 woman) 0 0 32 (including 1 woman) 86 (including 2 women) 2 1 1 1 5(d) 1 3 175 Bihar and Orissa ... ... 99 (including 3 women) 7 8 0 42 (including 1 woman) 2 1 2 4 4 1 4 175 Central Provinces (including Berar). 77 (including 3 women) 10 1 0 14 0 1 1 2 3 1 2 112 Assam ... ... ... 44 (including 1 woman) (e) 4 0 34 1 0 1 11 0 4 108

462 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES APPENDIX XVIII – (contd.) Province. General. Depressed Classes Represen- tatives from Backward Areas. Sikh. Muham- madan. Indian Christian. Anglo- Indian. European. Commerce and Industry, Mining and Planting, Special. (a) Land-holders, Special. University, special. Labour, Special. Total. North-West Frontier Pro- vince. 9 0 0 3 36 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 50 Bombay (without Sind) ... 109 (b) (including 5 women) 10 1 0 30 (including 1 woman) 3 2 3 7 2 1 7 175 Sind ... ... ... ... 19 (including 1 woman) 0 0 0 34 (including 1 woman) 0 0 2 2 2 0 1 60 (a) The composition of the bodies through which election to these seats will be conducted, though in most cases neither predominantly European or predominantly Indian, will not be statutorily fixed. It is, accordingly, not possible in each Province to state with certainty how many Europeans and Indians respectively will be returned. It is, however, expected that, initially, the numbers will be approximately as follows:–Madras, 4 Europeans, 2 Indians; Bombay (including Sind), 5 Europeans, 3 Indians; Bengal, 14 Europeans, 5 Indians; United Provinces, 2 Europeans, 1 Indian; Punjab, 1 Indian; Bihar and Orissa, 2 Europeans, 2 Indians; Central Provinces Including Berar, 1 European, 1 Indian; Assam, 8 Europeans, 8 Indians; Bombay without Sind, 4 Europeans, 3 Indians; Sind, 1 European, 1 Indian. (b) Seven of these seats will be reserved for Mahrattas. (c) As explained in paragraph 9 of the statement, the number of special Depressed Class seats in Bengal–which will not exceed 10has not yet been fixed. The number of General seats will be 80, less the number of special Depressed Class seats. (d) One of these seats is a Tumandar’s seat. The four Land-holder’s seats will be filled from special constituencies with Joint electorates. It is probable, from the distribution of the electorate, that the members returned will be one Hindu, one Sikh, and two Muhammadans. (e) This woman’s seat will be filled from a non-communal constituency at Shillong.

463 PAKISTAN : APPENDICES APPENDIX- XIX SUPPLEMENTARY COMMUNAL AWARD* “Then there was the question of the representation of communities in the Centre, particularly of the Muslim community. There, I think, I can say definitely – I think I have said it indirectly very often before – that the Government consider that the Muslim community should have a representation 33 1/3 per cent. in the Federal Centre. As far as Indian India is concerned that must be a matter for arrangement between the communities affected and the princes, but, so far as the British Government has any part in the question we will, at any time, give our good offices to making it as easy as possible for the arrangement between those parties with regard to the future allocation of seats.” * The Communal Award of His Majesty’s Government (Appendix XVIII) did not give any decision regarding the Muslim claim for 331/3 per cent. representation in the Central Government. The decision of His Majesty’s Government on this claim was announced by the Secretary of State for India on 24th December 1932 in the course of his statement to the Third Round Table Conference.

464 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES APPENDIX XX POONA PACT* (1) There shall be seats reserved for the Depressed Classes out of the general electorate seats in the Provincial Legislatures as follows:– Madras 30: Bombay with Sind 15; Punjab 8; Bihar and Orissa 18; Central Provinces 20 ; Assam 7; Bengal 30; United Provinces 20 ; Total 148. These figures are based on the total strength of the Provincial Councils, announced in the Prime Minister’s decision. (2) Election to these seats shall be by joint electorates subject, however, to the following procedure: All the members of the Depressed Classes registered in the general electoral roll in a constituency will form an electoral college, which will elect a panel of four candidates belonging to the Depressed Classes for each of such reserved seats, by the method of the single vote; the four persons getting the highest number of votes in such primary election, shall be candidates for election by the general electorate. (3) Representation of the Depressed Classes in the Central Legislature shall likewise be on the principle of joint electorates and reserved seats by the method of primary election in the manner provided for in Clause two above, for their representation in the Provincial Legislatures. (4) In the Central Legislature, eighteen per cent. of the seats allotted to the general electorate for British India in the said Legislature shall be reserved for the Depressed Classes. (5) The system of primary election to a panel of candidates for election to the Central and Provincial Legislatures, as hereinbefore mentioned, shall come to an end after the first ten years, unless terminated sooner by mutual agreement under the provision of Clause six below. (6) The system of representation of the Depressed Classes by reserved seats in the Provincial and Central Legislatures as *Signed on 25th September 1932.

465 PAKISTAN : APPENDICES provided for in Clauses 1 and 4 shall continue until determined by mutual agreement between the communities concerned in the settlement. (7) Franchise for the Central and Provincial Legislatures for the Depressed Classes shall be as indicated in the Lothian Committee Report. (8) There shall be no disabilities attaching to anyone on the ground of his being a member of the Depressed Classes in regard to any elections to local bodies or appointment to the Public Services. Every endeavour shall be made to secure fair representation of the Depressed Classes in these respects, subject to such educational qualifications as may be laid down for appointment to the Public Services. (9) In every province, out of the educational grant an adequate sum shall be earmarked for providing educational facilities to the members of the Depressed Classes.