Q2 Prepare a report on "THE CASTE SYSTEM IN INDIA also write about its origin and its evil
practices on our society.
hy her own parents. Also give message for
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Explanation:
The caste system in India is the paradigmatic ethnographic example of caste. It has origins in ancient India, and was transformed by various ruling elites in medieval, early-modern, and modern India, especially the Mughal Empire and the British Raj.
The caste system consists of two different concepts, varna and jati, which may be regarded as different levels of analysis of this system.
Between 1860 and 1920, the British formulated the caste system into their system of governance, granting administrative jobs and senior appointments only to Christians and people belonging to certain castes. Social unrest during the 1920s led to a change in this policy. From then on, the colonial administration began a policy of positive discrimination by reserving a certain percentage of government jobs for the lower castes. In 1948, negative discrimination on the basis of caste was banned by law and further enshrined in the Indian constitution; however, the system continues to be practiced in parts of India.
Caste-based differences have also been practised in other regions and religions in the Indian subcontinent like Nepalese Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism. It has been challenged by many reformist Hindu movements, Islam, Sikhism, Christianity,and also by present-day Indian Buddhism.
India after achieving independence in 1947 enacted many affirmative action policies for the upliftment of historically marginalized groups.These policies included reserving a quota of places for these groups in higher education and government employment.