Gandhiji opposed the Communal Award because he thought this would bring
(A) communal disunity
(B) division in the Hindu Society
(C) economic miseries to India
(D) destruction to handi-crafts
Correct Answer : division in the Hindu Society
Question Asked : SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre) Exam 2000
Explanation : In August 1932, the then Prime Minister of Britain. Ramsay Macdonald gave his ‘award’ known as the Communal Award. According to it, separate representation was to be provided for the Muslims. Sikhs, Indian Christians, Anglo-Indiana, Europeans. Dalit etc. The depressed classes were assigned a number of seats to be filled by election from special constituencies in which voters belonging to the depressed classes only could vote. Gandhi strongly opposed the communal award on the grounds that it would disintegrate Hindu society. He began an indefinite hunger strike from September 20, 1932 to protest this award.
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