INDEX
A MBEDKAR, D R . B. R.
Memorandum to Minority SubCommittee of R.T.C., Text 41-52.
Interview with Gandhi (footnote), 56.
Fight against Gandhi’s Attempt at R.T.C. to bypass Depressed Classes,
58-62.
On Gandhi’s Claim to represent Depressed Classes, 64-65.
Agreement with Mr. Gandhi—PoonaPact, 88-89.
Statement on Temple Entry Bill, 108 113
Association with Harijan Sevak Sangh,
113
Proposals for conducting antiUntouchability League on right lines, 134-140
Supplementary Memorandum on Political Safeguards for Depressed Classes, 58 ; Text, 304-306
Statement on Gandhi’s Fast, 311-317
Objections to Cripps’ Proposals, 336-343
A PTHEKAR, H ERBERT
On Negroes in Civil War, 173-174
Betrayal of Negroes, 176
A SAF A LI
On Congress Resolution on Depressed Classes, 2-3
B ANNERJEE, S URENDRANATH
Congress and Social Reform, 9-10
B ANNEBJEE, W. C.
Congress and Social Reform, 8-9
B ESANT, A NNIE
On Admission of Depressed Class boys to common school, 3-7
B IRLA, G. D.
Statements on programme and objects of Anti-Untouchability League,
126-129, 140-141
C HANDAVARKAR, S IR N ARAYAN
Meeting of Depressed Classes under his chairmanship, 14-15, 17-18.
C ONGRESS, I NDIAN N ATIONAL
Resolution and Speeches on removal of disabilities of Depressed Classes, 1-3
Addresses of Presidents re attitude to social reforms, 7-10
Genesis of Resolution on Depressed Classes, 14-18
Absence of action on resolution, 18
Bardoli social amelioration programme, 19-20
Fate of programme re Untouchables,
21-22
Reasons for abandoning responsibility for welfare of Untouchables, 23-24
Part in elections to seats reserved for Untouchables, 93-94.
Policy of exclusion of Untouchables from Cabinets, 97-98
Principles in selecting candidates for elections, 100-101, 222
Prevents Untouchable Congressmen from ventilating grievances, 101 102
Examination of its claim to be majority party, 146-149, 201.
Examination of its claim to represent Untouchables (tables 10-16), 155 161
Sanctions it forged, 166
Fight for freedom or power, 167, 169,
177-178
Fallacies in denying separate political entity of Untouchables, 185-189
Fighting for whose freedom, 201-202,
204, 231, 236, 238
Gandhi on its financial resources, 208
Outrageous use of despised communities to ridicule elections,
210-211
Promises to servile classes of social amelioration in Swaraj, 212
Puts Brahmin and Bania in power in
1937 elections, 217-224
Connection between—and governing classes, 233-234
C RIPPS, S IR S TAFFORD
His proposals (text), 334-336; See also Ambedkar
D EMOCRACY
Grote on the essentials of, 202-203
Causes of the failure of, 203
Errors in views of western writers on,
203
Realistic approach to, 204
And Gandhism, 283-285
D EPRESSED C LASSES
Reaction to Montford scheme, 14-16, 17
Scheme of political safeguards for the protection of, 41-52
Gandhi’s explanation of Congress attitude to, 56-57
Gandhi’s claim to be their representative, 64-65
Gandhi’s reaction to recognition of separate political entity of, 68-69,
70-71
Communal decision regarding, 80-82
Benefits from Poona Pact and from Communal Award to, 90-91