Politics of 'Separatism' Timeline by Bridget Kelly

1905 Partition of Bengal

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1905-1908 Swadeshi Movement

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1906 Muslim League founded

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and asked for separate electorates for Muslims

1909 Morley-Minto reforms

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grant separate electorates for Muslims

1911 Gait Circular

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Should Untouchables (Dalit) "count" as Hindus? An internal debate that leaked out causing an uproar because this question determined Hindu demographic power within the constitution

1930-31 Second Roundtable Conference in London

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Both Gandhi and Ambedkar claimed to represent Untouchables. Ambedkar argued for political safeguards (separate electorates) as necessary to protect Dalits, whereas, Gandhi objected to separate electorates for Dalits which he believed threatened Indian unity

1932 Communal Award

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gave separate electorates to Untouchables (Dalit) which would have went into effect in 1935

1932 Poona Pact

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eliminated separate electorates for Untouchables after Gandhi's "fast to the death" which Ambedkar viewed as "moral/political blackmail"

1940 Pakistan Resolution

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Jinnah's plan to protect minorities (Muslim-minority provinces in UP and Hindu-minority provinces in Punjab and Bengal)

1942 Scheduled Caste Federation

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founded by Ambedkar

1946 Cabinet Mission Plan

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Jinnah's solution of "Hindustan": Muslim-minority provinces, including UP and "Pakistan": Hindu-minority provinces, including Punjab and Bengal balanced within a united India with a weak center

1947 Partition (August 14-15)

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two states, strengthened majorities (opposite of Jinnah's plan)

1956

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Ambedkar and many Dalit supporters converted en masse to Buddhism