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372 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES

  1. SIND

Community Percentage of population to total

Percentage of Representation

Hindus .. .. .. 23.08 40 Muslims .. .. .. 71.30 40 Scheduled Castes .. .. .. 4.26 19 Indian Christians .. .. .. 0.29 1

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EFFECT ON MINORITIES

It may be desirable to set out in a tabular form the changes in the representation of the different minorities as prescribed in the Government of India Act, 1935, and as laid down in the proposals—

EFFECT ON MUSLIMS

Ratio of Representation Legislature Population Under the Under the Ratio Government of proposed India Act, 1935 scheme Central .. .. 28.50 32.00 32 Madras .. .. 8.00 13.49 24 Bombay .. .. 10.00 17.40 28 U.P. .. .. 15.30 28.95 29 C.P. .. .. 5.70 12.50 25 Bihar .. .. 15.00 26.32 28 Assam .. .. 44.60 31.48 38 Orissa .. .. 2.00 6.66 22

EFFECT ON SCHEDULED CASTES

Ratio of Representation Legislature Population Under the Under the Ratio Government of proposed India Act, 1935 scheme Central .. .. 14.30 7.60 20 Madras .. .. 16.50 13.90 30 Bombay .. .. 9.60 8.50 28 Bengal .. .. 12.60 12.00 25 U.P. .. .. 21.40 8.70 29 Punjab .. .. 4.40 4.50 9 C.P. .. .. 20.20 17.80 34 Bihar .. .. 13.80 9.80 28 Assam .. .. 8.70 6.50 20 Orissa .. .. 17.60 10.00 36 Sind .. .. 4.20 Nil. 19