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272 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES

Districts Touchable Hindu Population

(5) Khandesh East . . . . . . . . . 789, 740

(6) Khandesh West . . . . . . . . . 437, 391

(7) Nasik . . . . . . . . . 745, 965

(8) Satara . . . . . . . . . 883, 488

(9) Poona . . . . . . . . . 858, 607

(10) Sholapur . . . . . . . . . 574,152

Total . . . 72, 77, 403

III K ANARESE

(1) Belgaum . . . . . . . . . 734, 598

(2) Bijapur . . . . . . . . . 677, 041

(3) Dharwar . . . . . . . . . 820, 345

(4) Kanara . . . . . . . . . 372, 857

Total . . . 26, 04, 841

Grand total of touchable Hindus in the 19 Districts concerned 12,018,907.

Of the 39 seats to be distributed I should give 8 seats to the Gujarati.

23 to the Marathi and 8 to the Kanarese districts.

The actual constituencies may be as under :

Language Population in Number Number of Districts each constituency of the Representatives Constituency to be elected by the Constituency

1 2 3 4 I GUJARATHI

(1) Ahmednagar . . 614, 286 I 2

(2) Broach . . 727, 212 II 3

(3) Kaira . .

(4) Panch Mahais . . 795, 165 III 3

(5) Surat . . II Marathi

(1) Thana . . 1, 246, 073 IV 4

(2) Kolaba . .

(3) Ratnagiri . . 1, 003, 240 V 2

(4) Ahmednagar . . 1, 484, 712 VI 3

(5) Nasik . .

(6) Khandesh East . . 1, 227, 131 VII 3

(7) Khandesh West . .

(8) Satara . . 883, 488 VIII -

(9) Poona . . 858, 607 IX 3

(10) Sholapur . . 574, 152 X 3

*No Figure is shown against the Satara district in the original.