Why did Dr. Ambedkar choose the chavdar tank to protest?
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Explanation:
The practice of untouchability has been outlawed by Indian constitution under Article 17 and the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955. But laws are never a panacea for social ills and therefore the practice still continues in various forms. In November 2015, Indian Express reported that a village called Hajipur in Gujarat’s Patan district had separate anganwadis for Dalit children and Savarna Hindu children. Another report of January 2017 by the same publication said that 67 students of a government primary school skipped food prepared under mid-day meal scheme because the food was cooked by a Dalit woman.
The Hindu shastras divide Hindu society in four varnas — Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Shudra. There was a section of society that was outside this fourfold varna system but was in an exploitative relationship with the caste Hindus and also faced many sanctions. This group has come to be known as Dalits. Caste Hindus considered them “impure” and hence people they could not come in contact with — the “untouchables”. This practice of untouchability was not limited only to interpersonal interaction but also extended to public spaces. Dalits could not enter temples, were forced to have their separate water bodies, their children had to sit separately in schools and so on. Mahad Satyagraha was one of the most important organised efforts under the leadership of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar to challenge these regressive customs of the caste Hindus.
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