Question

What role did Gandhiji play in uplifting Dalits?
Class 10 History

Answer 1

Answer:

1.Giving them a name Harijan to replace the Bhangi, choora, chamar, chandal and achoot etc which are synonym to abuse.

2.Getting them into main stream of society and politics.

3.He identified the talent likes of Baba Saheb Ambedkar who was not with him on his views on Harijans. Got him as Law Minister in the first Cabinet and also in getting the constitution of India to be made in his leadership.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Explanation:

According to Gandhiji, the practice of untouchability is “a leper wound in the whole-body of Hindu politic”. He even regarded it as “the hate fullest expression of caste”. He made it his life's mission to wipe out untouchability and to uplift the depressed and the downtrodden people.