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Women, Caste and Reform
How did Jyotirao, the reformer, justify their criticism of caste inequality in society?
Jyotirao attacked the Brahmans, claim that they were superior to others because they were Aryans.
(i)Phule argued that the Aryans were outsiders. They came from outside the sub-continent, and defeated and subjugated the true children of the country—those who had lived here from before the coming of the Aryans.
(ii)These Aryans established their dominance and began looking at the defeated population as low-caste people.
(iii)Phule opined that the ‘upper’ castes had no right to their land and power. The land, in fact, belonged to the natives, who were considered as low-caste people.
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Reformers got full support from all sections of the people of the country.
The Child Marriage Restraint Act was passed in 1929.
How did the knowledge of ancient texts help the reformers promote new laws?
What were the different reasons people had for not sending girls to school?
Why were Christian missionaries attacked by many people in the country? Would some people have supported them too? If so, for what reasons?
In the British period, what new opportunities opened up for people who came from castes that were regarded as “low”?
How did Jyotirao, the reformer, justify their criticism of caste inequality in society?
Why did Phule dedicate his book Gulamgiri to the
American movement to free slaves?
What did Ambedkar want to achieve through the temple entry movement?
Why were Jyotirao Phule and Ramaswami Naicker critical of the national movement ? Did their criticism help the national struggle in any way?
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