Question

write a story on women caste reform ​

Answer 1

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The Prarthana Samaj adhered to the tradition of Bhakti that believed in spiritual equality of all castes. The Paramhans Mandali founded in Bombay in 1840 worked for the abolition of caste. During the course of the nineteenth century, Christian missionaries began setting up schools for tribal groups and “lower”-caste children.

At the same time, the poor from the villages and small towns, people 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. For the poor and the people from low castes, it was an opportunity to get away from the oppressive hold that upper-caste landowners exercised over their lives and the daily humiliation they suffered.

Demands for equality and justice

By the second half of the nineteenth century, Non-Brahman castes began organising movements against caste discrimination and demanded social equality and justice.

The Satnami movement was founded by Ghasidas, who worked as the leather workers and organised a movement to improve their social status. In eastern Bengal, Haridas Thakur questioned Brahmanical texts that supported the caste system. Shri Narayana Guru proclaimed the ideals of unity for his people. He argued against treating people unequally on the basis of caste differences.