WHAT CONGRESS AND GANDHI HAVE DONE TO THE UNTOUCHABLES : APPENDIX VI 325
| Name of Province | Depressed Classes | Anglo-Indians | Indian Christians | Labour | Excluded Tracts | Military Interest | Industrial Interest other than Planting & Mining | Aborigines | Domiciled Bengalis | Others | Total | Percentage of total Membership |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| Madras … … Bombay … … Bengal … … United Provinces … Punjab … … Bihar and Orissa … Central Provinces … Assam … … Total … … | 2 — 1 1 — 1 1 — | — 1 — 1 2* 1 1* 1* | — 1 1 1 1 1 — 1 | — 1 1 — — 1 — 1 | 2 — — — — — 2 1 | — — — — 1 — — — | — — — — — 1 — — | — — — — — 1 — — | — — — — — 1 — — | 2 2 22 2 2 2 1 1 | 6 6 5 5 6 9 5 5 | 5 5 4 4 7 9 7 9 |
| 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 47 | — |
- Europeans and Anglo-Indians.
clusion they are all more or less in the position of the Madras Panchamas, definitely outside that part of the Hindu community which is allowed access to their temples. They amount to about one-fifth of the total population, and have not been represented at all in the Morley-Minto Councils. The committee’s report mentions the depressed classes twice, but only to explain that in the absence of satisfactory electorates they have been provided by nomination. It does not discuss the position of these people or their capacity for looking after themselves. Nor does it explain the amount of nomination which it suggests for them. Para 24 of the report justifies the restriction of the nominated seats on grounds which do not suggest that the committee were referring to the depressed classes. The measures of representation which they propose for this community is as follows :—
| — | Total Population | Population of Depressed Classes | Total Seats | Seats for Depressed Classes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madras … … … Bombay … … Bengal … … … United Provinces … Punjab … … … Bihar and Orissa … Central Provinces … Assam … … … Total … … | (millions) 39.8 19.5 45.0 47.0 19.5 32.4 12.2 6.0 | (millions) 6.3 .6 9.9 10.1 1.7 9.3 3.7 0.3 | 120 113 127 120 85 100 72 54 | 2 1 1 1 — 1 1 — |
| 221.4 | 41.9 | 791 | 7 |