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how was the life style of depressed class developed

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Answered by Ashq
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The attention of Indian society towards  the miseries of untouchables was drawn way back during second half of  the nineteenth century with the introduction of modern education. It  opened up the doors of knowledge and widened the mental horizons of  Indian intelligentsia and gave Indians the understanding of liberal and  humanitarian ideas thought of Western World.
It had also highlighted the  weaknesses, rigidity and harshness of society towards the weaker  sections of the society. It had attracted the attention of the people  towards social evils, that had developed in the system.
Reformers, humanitarians and  intellectuals took upon themselves the responsibility to build a modern,  open, plural, culturally rich, prosperous and powerful India out of a  fragmented, poverty stricken, superstitious, weak, indifferent, backward  and inward looking society. Many reformatory efforts were done to  uplift the backward groups of Indian society, especially ‘untouchables’.  Later on, it turned into seeking state intervention and generating the  idea of paying special attention to untouchables.
During this period, the attention of  humanitarians and reformers was also drawn towards the pathetic  condition of untouchables. They took the path of Sankritisation to  elevate them. In order to prevent alienation of untouchables from Hindu  community, they drew the attention of forward communities towards  inhuman condition of lower strata of society and tried to create  compassion in their hearts for downtrodden. Gandhiji tried to create  compassion in the hearts of forward communities for Harijans and on the  other he appealed to Harijans to observe cleaner habits, so that they  could mix up freely with other sections of society. Hence, by the support of Gandhiji, the life of depressed class was often impoved.




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