Explanation

• British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald created the Communal Award on 16 August 1932.
• Also known as the MacDonald Award.
• It was announced after the Round Table Conference (1930–1932) 
• The background to the Poona Pact was the Communal Award of August 1932,
• They provided a separate electorate for depressed classes.
• In 1932, B.R. Ambedkar negotiated the Poona Pact with Mahatma Gandhi.

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Explanation

Explanation

• The Poona Pact was signed on 24 September 1932 at Yerwada Central Jail in Pune, British India.
• It was an agreement between Dr. B. R. Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi’s representatives, including Madan Mohan Malaviya.
• The pact provided reserved electoral seats for the Depressed Classes within joint electorates, instead of separate electorates.
• It was signed during the viceroyalty of Lord Willingdon (1931–1936).

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Explanation

• Motilal Nehru presented the Nehru Report with his son, Jawaharlal Nehru.
• Date Presented: August 1928 (at the All Parties Conference in Lucknow)
  
• Main Goal: To draft a new constitution and demand Dominion Status for India in response to a challenge by the British Secretary of State, Lord Birkenhead.

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Explanation

• Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) was established in 1920 by an Act of the British Indian Legislative Council.
• Sir Syed Ahmad Khan founded the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental (MAO) School in 1875.
• The school was upgraded to college level in 1877.
• Lord Lytton, the Viceroy of India, laid the foundation stone of MAO College on 8 January 1877.

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