Correct Option: D

The Communal Award was made by the British Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald on 16 August 1932 granting separate electorates in British India for the Forward Caste, Lower Caste, Muslims, Buddhists, Sikhs, Indian Christians, Anglo-Indians, Europeans and Untouchables (then known as the Dalits), etc. The 'award' attracted severe criticism from Mahatma Gandhi, the Akali Dal, etc.