discuss the impact of caste system in indian polity
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CASTE SYSTEM IN INDIA
Origin :-
The caste system in India is the paradigmatic ethnographic example of caste. It has origins in ancient India, and was transformed by various ruling elites in medieval, early-modern, and modern India, especially the Mughal Empire and the British Raj.It is today the basis of afirmative action programmes in India.The caste system consists of two different concepts, varna and jati, which may be regarded as different levels of analysis of this system.
Indian social reformers :-
- Basava
- Jyotirao Phule
- Vivekananda
- Gandhi
- B. R. Ambedkar
Caste-based differences :-
Caste-based differences have also been practised in other regions and religions in the Indian subcontinent like Nepalese Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism. It has been challenged by many reformist Hindu movements, Islam, Sikhism, Christianity,and also by present-day Indian Buddhism.
Government Reforms :-
New developments took place after India achieved independence, when the policy of caste-based reservation of jobs was formalised with lists of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Since 1950, the country has enacted many laws and social initiatives to protect and improve the socioeconomic conditions of its lower caste population.
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