Peasants and artisans were referred to as

• Vaishyas

• Shudras

• Untouchables

• Kshatriyas

What social ideas did the following people support:

Rammohan Roy

Dayanand Saraswati

Veerasalingam Pantulu

Jyotirao Phule

Pandita Ramabai

Periyar

Mumtaz Ali

Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar

 When the British captured Bengal they framed many new laws to regulate the rules regarding marriage, adoption, inheritance of property, etc.

Social reformers had to discard the ancient texts in order to argue for reform in social practices.

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?