Political Science · Indian Political Thought
UGC NET 2023 Political Science
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was a member of which of the following committees, which was also called the Indian Franchise Committee?
AAshok Mehta Committee
BBalwant Rai Mehta Committee
CLothian Committee
DSouthborough Committee ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Southborough Committee — Dr. Ambedkar was a member of the Southborough Committee, also known as the Indian Franchise Committee, so it is the answer.
Explanation
★Dr. Ambedkar was a member of the Southborough Committee, also known as the Indian Franchise Committee, so it is the answer.
★The committee was set up as part of the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms of 1919 and chaired by Lord Southborough.
★It examined how the franchise could be widened so that more Indians could vote in legislative elections.
★Ambedkar's participation gave him an early platform to press for the political representation of the depressed classes.
★The Ashok Mehta and Balwant Rai Mehta committees, by contrast, dealt with panchayati raj in independent India.
★The Lothian Committee, or Indian Franchise Committee of 1932, came later and is a related but distinct body.
★Ambedkar's work on franchise foreshadowed his later demand for separate electorates for the depressed classes.
★Ambedkar attended all three Round Table Conferences from 1930 to 1932 to press the cause of the untouchables.
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