HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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B.G. Tilak
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B.R. Ambedkar
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Jyotiba Phule
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M.K. Gandhi
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Detailed explanation-1: -Gandhi declared that the removal of untouchability was an essential condition for his concept of Swaraj. For Gandhi, Swaraj was not only expulsion of the British from India but also the liberation of society from slavery.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mahatma Gandhi who is the main exponent of ‘untouchability’, has used it in various ways and on different occasions with different meanings.
Detailed explanation-3: -Gandhi did not believe in rebirth. Yet, to empathise with the oppressed caste, he once said, “If I have to be reborn, I should be born an untouchable, so that I may share their sorrows, sufferings, and the affronts levelled at them, in order that I may endeavour to free myself and them from that miserable condition.”
Detailed explanation-4: -Untouchables had to free themselves, therefore, from all religions in order to achieve social equality. Periyar was an outspoken critic of Hindu scriptures, especially the Codes of Manu, the ancient lawgiver, and the Bhagavad Gita and the Ramayana.