The 1930s Round Table Conferences first seated Untouchables as a separate constituency.

Evidence

The Congress had boycotted the First Round Table Conference in 1930, but nominated Gandhi as its representative in the second. The aim of the conference was to frame a new constitution for self-rule. The princely states and representatives of various minority communities—Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Parsis and Untouchables—were present. Adivasis went unrepresented. For Untouchables, it was a historic occasion. It was the first time that they had been invited as a separately represented constituency. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 373

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s knowledge of Ambedkar’s broader career and to post-1947 Indian constitutional history.