The Communal Award extended separate electorates far beyond Untouchables to many group categories

Evidence

In nationalist histories, the Communal Award, which granted separate electorates not just to Untouchables but to Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Anglo-Indians, Europeans, landlords, labourers and traders, continues to be depicted as unambiguously divisive. Since Annihilation of Caste is in part a response to the disappointment Ambedkar felt over the Poona Pact, it is important to understand what it practically meant. What led to the Communal Award? What was the thrust of Gandhi’s opposition to it? What were the terms of the Poona Pact? Did the Congress honour these terms? — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 1293

Categorization

• QUESTION: The editor poses four direct questions; whether Congress honored Poona Pact terms is a factual payoff worth verifying later in the book.