The economic condition of the community has distinctly worsened after the first and the second great world wars, and continues to be backward, economically, educationally, socially and materially, the community could command absolutely no influence and is therefore backward in public life also. For instance not a single member of the community has been elected member of the assembly or council old or new, central or provincial, through the open door of elections owing to the franchise being too wide predominated by other influential and wealthy communities or interests. Even going lower down, none have even become a District Board President or Municipal Council Chairman, or is there a single Judicial Official or Educational Officer in the province so far, although there are more than 2 hundred such posts in the presidency. Add to this, in spite of the community being nearly 17 lakhs strong in 1921 (more than 18 lakhs in 1941), there are only 3 Gazetted Officers in Government Service to-day and only about 50 graduates since the inception of the University Education nearly a century ago.
