Question

In the British period, what new opportunities opened up for people who came from castes that were regarded as “low”?​

Answer 1

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The poor from the villages and small towns, many of them from low castes, began moving to the cities where there was a new demand for labour. Some also went to work in plantations in Assam, Mauritius, Trinidad and Indonesia. The poor and the people from low castes saw this as an opportunity to get away from the oppressive hold that upper-caste landowners exercised over their lives and the daily humiliation they suffered.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Tʜᴇ ᴘᴏᴏʀ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴠɪʟʟᴀɢᴇs ᴀɴᴅ sᴍᴀʟʟ ᴛᴏᴡɴs, ᴍᴀɴʏ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ғʀᴏᴍ ʟᴏᴡ ᴄᴀsᴛᴇs, ʙᴇɢᴀɴ ᴍᴏᴠɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄɪᴛɪᴇs ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴡᴀs ᴀ ɴᴇᴡ ᴅᴇᴍᴀɴᴅ ғᴏʀ ʟᴀʙᴏᴜʀ. Sᴏᴍᴇ ᴀʟsᴏ ᴡᴇɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴡᴏʀᴋ ɪɴ ᴘʟᴀɴᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴs ɪɴ Assᴀᴍ, Mᴀᴜʀɪᴛɪᴜs, Tʀɪɴɪᴅᴀᴅ ᴀɴᴅ Iɴᴅᴏɴᴇsɪᴀ. Tʜᴇ ᴘᴏᴏʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ғʀᴏᴍ ʟᴏᴡ ᴄᴀsᴛᴇs sᴀᴡ ᴛʜɪs ᴀs ᴀɴ ᴏᴘᴘᴏʀᴛᴜɴɪᴛʏ ᴛᴏ ɢᴇᴛ ᴀᴡᴀʏ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴘᴘʀᴇssɪᴠᴇ ʜᴏʟᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴜᴘᴘᴇʀ-ᴄᴀsᴛᴇ ʟᴀɴᴅᴏᴡɴᴇʀs ᴇxᴇʀᴄɪsᴇᴅ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ʟɪᴠᴇs ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀɪʟʏ ʜᴜᴍɪʟɪᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇʏ sᴜғғᴇʀᴇᴅ.