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EFFECT ON INDIAN CHRISTIANS
Ratio of Representation Legislature Population Under the Under the Ratio Government of proposed India Act, 1935 scheme Central .. .. 1.16 3.00 3 Madras .. .. 4.10 4.20 5 Bombay .. .. 1.70 1.70 2 Bengal .. .. 0.19 0.80 1 U.P. .. .. 0.24 0.90 1 Punjab .. .. 1.70 1.14 2 C.P. .. .. 0.35 Nil 1 Bihar .. .. 1.70 0.66 2 Assam .. .. 0.48 0.90 2 Orissa .. .. 0.37 0.16 2 Sind .. .. 0.29 Nil 1
EFFECT ON SIKHS
Ratio of Representation Legislature Population Under the Under the Ratio Government of proposed India Act, 1935 scheme Centre .. .. 1.50 2.40 4 Punjab .. .. 13.20 18.29 21
EFFECT ON HINDUS
Population Ratio of Representation Legislature Ratio Under the Under the Government of proposed India Act, 1935 scheme Bengal 30.00 20.00 33 Punjab 22.10 20.00 28 Sind 23.80 31.60 40
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PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING THE PROPOSALS
I may now proceed to state the principles on which this distribution has been made. They are :
(1) Majority Rule is untenable in theory and unjustifiable in practice. A majority community may be conceded a relative majority of representation but it can never claim an absolute majority.*
*I have not framed any scheme of representation for the North-West Frontier province as the minority is so small that even the Principle of relative majority cannot help it.