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UPSC 2012: Mahatma Gandhi undertook fast unto death in 1932, mainly because
(a)Round Table Conference failed to satisfy Indian political aspirations
(b)Congress and Muslim League had differences of opinion
(c)Ramsay Macdonald announced the Communal Award
(d)None of the statements (a), (b) and (c) given above is correct in this context
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (c) Ramsay Macdonald announced the Communal Award
Gandhi began a fast while imprisoned in Yerawada Jail on 20 September 1932 to protest Ramsay Macdonald’s Communal Award that granted separate electorates to the Depressed Classes. He considered the Award a threat to Hindu social unity; it was this issue—not the Round Table Conference or Congress–League differences—that prompted the fast.
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