Mention the caste system that was prevalent in those days in India.
Four main castes were prevalent in India in those days- Brahmans, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas and Shudras.
Brahmans and Kshatriyas considered themselves as “upper castes”. Traders and moneylenders were called Vaisyas. Peasants, weavers and potters were called Shudras.
At the lowest rung were people who laboured to keep cities and villages clean. They were treated as “untouchable”. They were not allowed to enter temples, draw water from the wells used by the upper castes, or bathe in ponds where upper castes bathed. They were seen as inferior human beings.
State whether true or false:
(a) When the British captured Bengal they framed many new laws to regulate the rules regarding marriage, adoption, inheritance of property, etc.
(b) Social reformers had to discard the ancient texts in order to argue for reform in social practices.
(c) Reformers got full support from all sections of the people of the country.
(d) The Child Marriage Restraint Act was passed in 1929.
State whether true or false:
(a) When the British captured Bengal they framed many new laws to regulate the rules regarding marriage, adoption, inheritance of property, etc.
(b) Social reformers had to discard the ancient texts in order to argue for reform in social practices.
(c) Reformers got full support from all sections of the people of the country.
(d) The Child Marriage Restraint Act was passed in1829.
Why were Christian missionaries attacked by many people in the country? Would some people have supported them too? If so, for what reasons?
Why were Christian missionaries attacked by many people in the country? Would some people have supported them too? If so, for what reasons?
How did Jyotirao, the reformer, justify their criticism of caste inequality in society?
State whether true or false:
(a) When the British captured Bengal they framed many new laws to regulate the rules regarding marriage, adoption, inheritance of property, etc.
(b) Social reformers had to discard the ancient texts in order to argue for reform in social practices.
(c) Reformers got full support from all sections of the people of the country.
(d) The Child Marriage Restraint Act was passed in1829.
Why were Jyotirao Phule and Ramaswamy Naicker critical of the national movement? Did their criticism help the national struggle in any way?
In the British period, what new opportunities opened up for people who came from castes that were regarded as "low"?
In the British period, what new opportunities opened up for people who came from castes that were regarded as “low”?
What social ideas did the following people support?
How did Jyotirao, the reformer, justify their criticism of caste inequality in society?