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महती जातिसवा द्वितीय भाग । Most respectfully showeth :
That in the matter of popular representation in Council thu Government having recognised. the principle of the representation of “ Important minorities ” the Jain Community of India begs leave to approach your Excellency with its humble claim for special recognition as an " Important minority.
2. That the Jain Community does constitute an “ Important Minority” and should not be neglected in this matter, has been admitted in the Despatch of the Government of India dated the 1st October 1908.
3. That as regards literary the Jain Conmuuity holds the second place throughout India, the first place of honor being held by the Parsees.
4. That in the Departments of Agriculture, Trade and Commerce, also the Jain Community of India is fairly, advanced to claim recognition.
5. That the importance of this comparatively speaking small community and its conspicuously humble, peaceful, lawabiding, quiet and no-agitating character must have come to the prominent notice of your Excellency's Government in the recent matter of the Parashnatlı Hill.
6. That the separated widely in matters of religious belief social custom, and way of living, from the other religious communiti:s o India
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