Question

The villagers of Jakmalgur are gearing up for a big festival. Once in five years, the local deity is honoured and  priests from 20 neighbouring villages come for this five - day event. The ceremony begins with a member of  the Dalit community washing the feet of all the priests and then bathing in the water used for this. In  Jakmalgur, the person who performed this task belonged to Rathnam’s family. His father and grandfather had  both performed the same task before him. Now it was Ratnam’S term. Ratnam was all of 20 years, studying  engineering in a nearby college. he refused to perform the ritual. (i) What is the meaning of word Dalit ? (ii) Which article of the Indian Constitution states that untouchability has been abolished ? (iii) When was the schedule caste and Scheduled Tribes prevention of atrocities act passed ? (iv) What is untouchability ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

i Dalits are the people of lower caste or sc/st's

ii article 17 in the Indian constitution states that untouchability has been abolished

iii 1989

iv untouchability as suggested by its name is a practice of regarding a group of people as untouchables or lower caste.

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Answer 2

Explanation:

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