Question 3 - Past Year Questions - 3 marks - Chapter 5 Class 10 History - Print Culture and the Modern World - History

"Issues of caste discrimination began to be written about in many printed tracts and essays in India in the late nineteenth century." Support the statements with two suitable example.

Answer :

Gulamgiri by Jyotiba Phule, 1871.

Points to remember:

• Issues of caste discrimination began to be written in 19th century.
• Jyotiba Phule wrote gulamgiri in 1871.
• Writings of B.R.Ambedkar and Ramaswamy Naicker became popular.
• This induced awareness among people about caste discrimination with lower castes.

Answer to be written in exam:

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Issues of caste discrimination began to be written about in many printed tracts and essays in India in the late 19th century.

1. Jyotiba Phule, Maratha Pioneer of ‘ low caste’ movements, wrote about injustices of caste system in his GULAMGIRI(1871). 
2. In the 20th century, B.R. Ambedkar in Maharashtra and  E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker( Periyar) wrote powerfully on caste . Their writings were read all over India.
3. This induced a new sense of awareness among common people and they criticised ancient scriptures. They sought to develop a new society based on equality and free from any discrimination.
4. Kashibaba, a Kanpur millworker, wrote and published CHHOTE AUR BADE KA SAWAL, in 1938 to show links between caste and class exploitation.

( any 3 points )

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