III] Answer the questions :
1. Mention some restrictions imposed on the untouchables in Indian society.
2. Whose efforts help the British to ban sati?
3. How did women involve themselves in their upliftment?
4. Describe the child marriage restraint act.
5. Why were changes necessary in Indian society?
Answers
Answer:
1. They were forbidden entry to many temples, to most schools, and to wells from which higher castes drew water. Their touch was seen as seriously polluting to people of higher caste, involving much remedial ritual.
2. Ban on Sati Practice by William Bentinck
Due to fierce campaign and lobbying of Raja Rammohan Roy and others,Sati practice was formally banned in all the lands under Bengal Presidency by Lord William Bentinck on 4 December 1829.
3. By the end of the 19th century, Indian women themselves began to work for their upliftment. They began to get higher education in universities. Some of them trained to be doctors, some became teachers. Many women began to write and publish their critical views on the status of women in society.
4. The Child Marriage Restraint Act was a legislative act passed on 28 September 1929. The act fixed the marriageable age for girls at 14 years and 18 years for boys. ... It is popularly known as the Sarda Act after its sponsor, Harbilas Sarda.
5. Indian society had been a prey to many evil practices for a long time. Men and women were treated differently.
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