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UPSC History Expansion Company and Bengal Nawabs Question Bank British Rule and Its Impacts and Regional Powers

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    Who was the architect of Communal Award?

    A)  Lord Linlithgow

    B)  Lord Reading

    C)  Lord Irwin

    D)  Ramsay Macdonald

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

     The Communal Award was made by the British Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald on 16 August 1932 granting separate electorates in British India for the Forward Caste, Lower Caste, Muslims, Buddhists, Sikhs, Indian Christians. Anglo-Indians. Europeans and Untouchables (then known as the Dealt), etc. The 'award' attracted severe criticism from Mahatma Gandhi, the Akali Dal, etc.


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