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27WHAT CONGRESS AND GANDHI HAVE DONE TO THE UNTOUCHABLES : A SHABBY SHOW dispose of all applications for grants. The Sub-Committee consisted of Mr. Gandhi, Pandit Motilal Nehru and Seth Jamnalal Bajaj The following grants were voted by the Grants Sub-Committee in the course of several meetings :— “6. A sum of Rs. 1 lakh be voted as a grant for Swadeshi work in Bihar and a loan of Rs. 4 lakhs recommended for the same purpose ( i). 7. A loan of Rs. 35,000 to the C. P. (Hindustani) Provincial Congress Committee for Swadeshi ( ii). 8. Rs. 25,000 for famine relief in the U.P. ( iii). 9. Rs. 25,000 to the Punjab Provincial Congress Committee for famine relief, and the Jagraon School ( iv). 10. Rs. 50,000 on the telegraphic application for the relief of the distressed in Malabar ( v). 11. Rs. 15,000 to the Gandhi Ashram, Benares City ( vi). 12. Rs. 10,000 to the Pallipadu Ashram ( vii). 13. Rs. 15,000 to the Andhra Jatheeya Kalashala, Masulipatam (viii). 14. Rs. 10,000 to the Secretary, Taluka Congress Committee, Karjat (Maharashtra) (xx) . 15. Rs. 10,000 to the Anatha Vidyarthi Griha, Chinchwad (Maharashtra) (x ). 16. The applications of (1) Mr. K. G. Patade, Assistant General Secretary of the Depressed Classes Mission Society of India, (2) of the Kulladaikurichi National School, Vidyasangam and (3) of the Rajahmundry Depressed Classes Mission were rejected as unbacked and not in accordance with the instructions issued by the Sub-Committee (xiii). 17. Rs. 10000 to the Kerala Provincial Congress Committee to be principally spent on Swadeshi and the popularising of the hand-spinning and hand-weaving ( xx). 18. Rs. 60,000 to the Madras Provincial Congress Committee (xxii) . 19. Rs. 1,50,000 set apart for the U. P. Provincial Congress Committee (xxiii) . 20. Rs. 63,000 to the Sind Provincial Congress Committee (xxiv). 21. Rs. 25,000 for famine relief in the Ceded Districts in Andhra ( xxv). 22. Rs. 20,000 to the Maharashtra Provincial Congress Committee (xxvi) .

28 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES 23. Rs. 20,000 be granted to the Ganjam District Congress Committee for Swadeshi and for popularising hand-spinning and hand-weaving (xvii) .” The Working Committee dissolved the Sub-Committee by resolution No. 8 dated the 6th November 1921 and took the question of voting grants in its own hands. IV. Grants voted by the Working Committee at its meeting held at Delhi on the 3rd, 5th and 6th November 1921 :— “24. Rs. 25,000 to Mr. Phukan of Assam for the purchase of cotton to be used in the manufacture of hand-spun yarn and khaddar (ix) . 25. Rs. 5,000 to the Krishnapuram, Guntur District Andhra (x ). 26. Rs. 10,000 as an additional grant to the Andhra Jateeya Kalashala (xi) . 27. Rs. 1,000 to the Rajahmundry Depressed Classes Mission (xii). 28. Rs. 5,000 to the Angalur Jateeya Parishramalayam (xii). 29. Rs. 3,000 to Kautaram, Andhra ( xiv). 30. Rs. 15,000 to the Andhra Provincial Congress Committee for general Swadeshi work ( xv). 31. Rs. 3,000 to the Masulipatam District Congress Committee (xvi) . 32. Rs. 30,000 to the Utkal Provincial Congress Committee earmarked for the manufacture of handspun yarn and khaddar (xvii) . 33. Rs. 3,000 to help the toddy tappers of the Thana District who wanted to give up their profession ( xviii) . 34. Rs. 5,000 to the Nagpur Tilak Vidyalaya ( xix). 35. Rs. 5,000 to the Nagpur Asahyogashram ( xx). 36. Rs. 25,000 to the Ajmere Provincial Congress Committee for the purpose of increasing the production of khaddar and charkah yarn ( xxi). 37. Rs. 18,00,000 if possible, and in any case, at least Rs. 10,00,000 for Gujarat ( xxii). 38. Rs. 40,000 to be immediately remitted to Sjt. C. Rajagopalachariar for the relief of the distressed in Malabar (xxiii).” V. Grants voted by the Working Committee at its meeting held in Bombay on the 22nd and 23rd November 1921:— “39. Rs. 10,000 to the Jat Anglo Sanskrit High School, Rohtak, Punjab ( iii).

29WHAT CONGRESS AND GANDHI HAVE DONE TO THE UNTOUCHABLES : A SHABBY SHOW 40. Rs. 25,000 to the Bijapur District Congress Committee for famine relief and Swadeshi work ( iii). 41. Rs. 30,000 to help the dismissed mill-labourers of Madras by giving them Swadeshi work ( iii).” II. Grants Voted in 1922. I. Grants voted by the Working Committee at its meeting held in Bombay on 17th January 1922 :— “42. Application by the U. P. Provincial Congress Committee for Rs. 50,000 already sanctioned and for a further grant of one lakh of rupees for Swadeshi work, be referred to Mahatma Gandhi for final disposal ( ii). 43. The application of the Assam Provincial Congress Committee for a remittance of Rs. 25,000, the balance out of the sanctioned grant of Rs. 50,000 be referred to Mahatma Gandhi for final disposal ( vi).” II. Grants voted by the Working Committee at its meeting held in Delhi on 26th February 1922 :— “44. Rs. 10,000 for initial expenditure on foreign scheme prepared by Mahatma Gandhi (i ). 45. Rs. 14,000 for the office expenditure for the current year (iv).” III. Grants voted by the Working Committee at its meeting held in Ahmedabad on 17th and 18th March 1922 :— “46. Rs. 3,00,000 for organizing a larger production and marketing of khaddar ( i). 47. Rs. 10,000 out of Rs. 50,000 already sanctioned for the U.P. Provincial Congress Committee ( ix). 48. Rs. 5,000 to the Kerala Provincial Congress Committee for general Congress work; amount to be deducted from the sum of Rs. 84,000 sanctioned for relief in Malabar and further Rs. 20,000 out of the above amount of Rs. 84.000 be remitted for relief work ( x). 49. Rs. 10,000 to the Rohtak Anglo-Vernacular School ( xi). 50. Rs. 15,000 out of the amount of Rs. 25,000 sanctioned for famine relief in the Ceded Districts be paid to Sjt. T. Prakasam representing the Andhra Provincial Congress Committee( xii).” IV. Grants voted by the Working Committee at its meeting held at Calcutta on the 20th, 21st and 22nd April 1922 :— “51. Rs. 5,000 to the Antyaja Karyalaya, Ahmedabad, for organizing education amongst Depressed Classes in Gujarat (v).

30 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES 52. Rs. 40,000 as loan to Moulvi Badrul Hasan of Hyderabad Deccan to be exclusively devoted to the Khaddar work ( vi). 53. Rs. 25,000 to the Nationalist Journals Ltd., to enable them to re-start the Independent and run it on Congress lines, providing for a lien on properties of the Company for the amount advanced (xix) .” V. Grants voted by the Working Committee at its meeting held in Bombay on the 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th May 1922 :— “54. Rs. 17,381 to the Antyaja Karyalaya, Ahmedabad, in addition to Rs. 5,000 already granted (x). 55. Resolved that the Punjab Provincial Congress Committee’s application for Rs. 1,25,000 for Shahadara Depressed Classes settlement cannot be considered unless the Working Committee is satisfied that sufficient funds are raised locally to start the scheme and the scheme so started is in working order (xi). 56. Resolved that Rs. 5,000 be earmarked for Ahmednagar Depressed Classes home and that the amount be recommended to be paid when the Working Committee is satisfied that the home is started by local efforts and is in working order (xii). 57. Rs. 10,000 be earmarked for Depressed Classes work in Madras, as applied for by Mr. S. Srinivas lyengar, to be paid when the application is sent to this Committee through the Provincial Congress Committee and on this Committee being satisfied that at least an equal amount is raised by local effort (xiii). 58. Rs. 7,000 to Mr. T. Prakasam for Depressed Classes work in Andhra (xxiv).” VI. Grants voted by the Working Committee at its meeting held in Lucknow on June 6th, 7th and 10th, 1922 :— “59. Rs. 50,000 for khaddar work in Sind-Province ( vii). 60. Rs. 1,000 be advanced to Sjt. C. Rajagopalachariar for contingent expenses (viii).” VII. Grants voted by the Working Committee at its meeting held in Delhi on 30th June 1922 :— “61. Rs. 180 per mensem for the next three months be sanctioned for the expenses of six workers from Bengal to serve in Assam ( vi).” VIII. Grants voted by the Working Committee at its meeting held in Bombay on 18th and 19th July 1922 :— “62. Rs. 5,000 to Assam (i ).

31WHAT CONGRESS AND GANDHI HAVE DONE TO THE UNTOUCHABLES : A SHABBY SHOW 63. Rs. 1,50,000 each as loan for Khaddar work in Andhra and Utkal (x ).” IX. Grants voted by the Working Committee at its meeting held in Calcutta on 18th, 19th and 25th November 1922 :— “64. Rs. 3,00,000 to Gujarat as grant ( xii). 65. Rs. 16,000 for the expenses of the Civil Disobedience Enquiry Committee (xxi) .” III. Grants Voted in 1923. I. Grants voted by the Working Committee at its meeting held in Gaya on the 1st and 2nd of January 1923 :— “66. Rs. 3,000 to the General Secretary, Indian National Social Conference, for the removal of untouchability and the promotion of temperance and inter-communal unity (xxii). 67. Rs. 1,200 as aid to the Navayuga, a Hindi daily paper of Allahabad, on condition that it would carry on propaganda in pursuance of the resolutions of the Congress held at Gaya (xxxi) . 68. Rs. 10,000 for the Congress Publicity Bureau ( xxxii).” II. Grants voted by the Working Committee at its meeting held in Allahabad on 26th and 28th February 1923 :— “69. Rs. 10,000 for the Depressed Classes work by the Tamil Desh Provincial Congress Committee (vi). 70. Loan of Rs. 15,000 be advanced to the U.P. Provincial Congress Committee on the application of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru ( x). 71. A loan of Rs. 15,000 be advanced to Tamil Desh Provincial Congress Committee on the application of Mr. C. Rajagopalachariar (x ). 72. Rs. 5,000 granted to the IT. P. Provincial Congress Committee for Gandhi Ashram, Benares ( xi).” III. Grants voted by the Working Committee at its meeting held in Bombay on, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th 27th and 28th May 1923 :— “73. Loan of Rs. 5 lakhs to the Gujarat Provincial Congress Committee to relieve the surplus stock of khadi in various provinces in the country ( v). 74. Loan of Rs. 50,000 be advanced to Bengal Provincial Congress Committee for Khadi work ( viii). 75. Rs. 15,000 to the Bihar Rashtriya Vidyalaya (xii) .