Consider the following statements about the issue of the separate electorate during the early decades of the twentieth century in India as a means to secure adequate representation for the deprived social categories in the absence of a universal adult franchise: 1. The All India Depressed Classes Association of M.C. Rajah was staunchly in favour of a joint electorate. 2. The All India Depressed Classes Leaders' Conference demanded a separate electorate. 3. The Communal Award in September 1932 recognised the right to separate the electorate for the 'untouchables'. Which of the statements given above are correct?

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Correct Answer is : 2 and 3 only

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