Question

Answer the following question:
What was the childhood experience of Dr Ambedkar because of his belonging to the Mahar Community?​

Answer 1

Dr Ambedkar was bom into a Mahar family. As a child he experienced what caste prejudice meant in everyday life. In school he was forced to sit outside the classroom on the ground. He was not even allowed to drink water from taps that upper-caste children used.

Answer 2

Answer:

Dr. Ambedkar was from Mahar community for which he had to come across many discrimination in his school days. Mahar community was the oldest lowest caste in the Hindu social system.

Explanation:

• Ambedkar was made to outside his classroom in the floor.
• The teachers did not touch his notebooks as people of Mahar community were considered untouchables.
• When Ambedkar wanted to drink the peon poured water in his hands from a height.
• When the peon did not come one day, he had to spend the entire day at school without water .