Question

explain the efforts of gandhiji to uplift the untouchables.

Answer 1

Mahatma Gandhi called the untouchables, ‘Harijans’ or the children of God, organised satyagraha to secure their entry into temples and access to public wells, tanks, roads and schools. He himself
cleaned toilets to dignify the .work of the sweepers (bhangi) and persuaded upper castes to change their heart and give up the sin of ‘untouchability’.

Answer 2

Answer:

1. Gandhiji declared that swaraj would not come for a hundred years if untouchability was not eliminated.

2. He called the untouchables Harijans children of God,

3. He organized satyagraha to secure them entry into temples and to assess to public wells, tanks, roads and schools,

4. He himself cleaned toilets to dignify the work of Bhangi (the Sweepers).

5. He persuaded the upper castes to change their heart and give up the sin of untouchability.