Question

In the British period,whatnew opportunists up for people who came from castes that were regarded as law

Answer 1

Answer:

These opportunities were as follows:  

(i) Christian missionaries began setting up schools for tribal groups and lower-caste children. These children were thus equipped with some resources to make their way into a changing world.  

(ii) Job opportunities were opening up in the cities. There was work in the factories that were coming up and jobs in municipalities.  

(iii) The demands of labor as diggers, carriers, coolies, sewage cleaners, bricklayers, palanquin bearers, sweepers, rickshaw pullers increased.

Answer 2

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.