On 27 August 1947, who from Madras made a powerful plea to continue separate electorates?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → B. Pocker Bahadur
On 27 August 1947, B. Pocker Bahadur from Madras made a powerful plea for continuing separate electorates, arguing that minorities could not be wished away and that only separate electorates would give Muslims a meaningful voice.
Note: A same/similar question was asked in CUET (UG) in the papers below.
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* A similar question.
NCERT (2026-27): “3.1 The problem with separate electorates … On 27 August 1947, B. Pocker Bahadur from Madras made a powerful plea for continuing separate electorates. Minorities exist in all lands, argued Bahadur; they could not be wished away, they could not be ‘erased out of existence’. The need was to create a political framework in which minorities could live in harmony with others, and the differences between communities could be minimised.…” |