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What Indian leader was against the caste system?
A
Indo-Aryan
B
Martin Luther King Jr.
C
Asoka
D
Mahatma Gandi
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Mahatma Gandhi, Jyotiba Phule, Dr. BR Ambedkar, and Periyar Ramaswami Naicker wanted to establish a society that was free of these caste inequalities.

Detailed explanation-2: -By the end of 1935, Gandhi wrote an article titled, ‘Caste has to go’. In this article, he stated: “The sooner public opinion abolishes caste, the better. it was harmful both to the spiritual and to the national growth.”

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1932, Gandhi founded the Harijan Sevak Sangh as part of his efforts to eradicate the concept of ‘untouchability from India’s caste system. He advocated positive means for the uplift of Harijans. He addressed various public meetings reposing doctrines of Harijan welfare.

Detailed explanation-4: -Among these was Nathuram Godse, a militant Hindu nationalist from Pune, western India, who assassinated Gandhi by firing three bullets into his chest at an interfaith prayer meeting in Delhi on 30 January 1948.

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