738 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
names of the scheduled Caste commissioned Officers in the United Provinces Civil Pioneer Force ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : A statement is laid on the table of the House.
Statement showing particulars of Scheduled Caste candidates appointed as Commissioned Officers in the United Provinces Civil Pioneer Force Units.
Name of Scheduled Castes Date and Officer Rank of first
appointment
Present Total No. Rank of Officers appointed
No. of Scheduled Caste Officers appointed.
2nd 2nd
Nand Lal Kureel 19-5-43 28 4 Lieut Lieut.
S. K. Mulick 3-7-43 do. do.
K. B. Bhale Rao 19-11-43 do. do.
Kshetra Pal Singh Sagar 29-1-44 do. do.
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*** Communal Composition of Civil Pioneer** Force Clerks
- Mr. Piare Lall Kureel : Will the Honourable Member for Labour be pleased to state :
(a) the total number of clerks in the Civil Pioneer Force in various Provinces; and
(b) how many of these clerks are Hindus, Muslims, Scheduled castes, Christians and anglo Indians, separately in various provinces ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Many units are in a war area and others are with the army at outstations and that, therefore, it is not possible in these circumstances to collect the information asked for.
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. II of 1944, 16th March 1944, p. 1037.