Sudras--laborers” (“Untouchable“). The ranks of Hindu caste system come from a legend where the main varnas were made from a primordial being‚ and each varna in turn contains hundreds of castes and subcastes that can vary in size from a handful to many thousands (“What Is the Caste System?”). These castes were not made with the intention of having any hierarchy‚ but instead to allow specialization and made it so each member knew their role in society much like a medieval guild system. Untouchables came later
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2001)‚ shortened from Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami‚ was an Indian writer‚ best known for his works set in the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi. He is one of three leading figures of early Indian literature in English (alongside Mulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao)‚ and is credited with bringing the genre to the rest of the world Narayan broke through with the help of his mentor and friend‚ Graham Greene‚ who was instrumental in getting publishers for Narayan’s first four books‚ including
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(II) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar: Life and Times: Dr. Ambedkar was born on 14th April‚ 1891 in Mhow‚ Madhya Pradesh. Born as Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar‚ he belonged to the ‘untouchable’ Mahar caste. His father‚ Ramji Ambedkar‚ served in the military. Many from the Mahar community had joined the Bombay army of the East India Company. Bhim’s mother passed away when he was six years old. His father‚ a follower of Kabir and a strict vegetarian‚ retired after fourteen years of military service. The Ramji family moved
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ALI GARH MOVEMENT The decline and consequent loss of Muslim political power and consolidation of the British political authority in most parts of the country had created a totally new situation that had no precedent in the long and chequered history of the Muslim community in India. It was now face to face with a number of very serious problems on whose solution depended its future. Several movements arose to meet the challenge and offer solution to some of the vexed problems according to their
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the chief architect of the Indian Constitution. Born into a poor Mahar (considered an Untouchable caste) family‚ Ambedkar campaigned against social discrimination‚ the system of Chaturvarna – the categorisation of Hindu society into four varnas – and the Hindu caste system. He converted to Buddhism and is also credited with providing a spark for the transformation of hundreds of thousands of Dalits or untouchables toTheravada Buddhism. Ambedkar was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna‚ India ’s highest
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She acted as the Regent of Bijapur and Regent of Ahmednagar. Chand Bibi is best known for defending Ahmednagar against the Mughal forces of Emperor Akbar. Chand Bibi was the daughter of Hussain Nizam Shah I of Ahmednagar‚ and the sister of Burhan-ul-Mulk‚ the Sultan of Ahmednagar. She knew many languages including Arabic‚ Persian‚ Turkish‚ Marathi and Kannada. She played sitar‚ and painting flowers was her hobby. Following an alliance policy‚ Chand Bibi was married to Ali Adil Shah I of the Bijapur
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Orissa Review * February -March- 2007 Panchayati Raj : Grassroots Democracy Siddhartha Dash Panchayati Raj : An Evolutionary Perspective India’s democratic structure has three levels of governance - national or federal‚ state or regional‚ and the grassroots level called the Panchayati Raj and Nagar Palika systems. The Panchayati Raj system covers the village‚ the tehsil and the district‚ and the Nagar Palika system serves towns and cities. If democracy means people’s participation
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PROPERTY‚ LIABILITY AND PECUNIARY LOSS INSURANCE(PLPLI) PU‚ BBA-BI 6th Semester By Baikuntha Raj Timasina MBA‚ BEd TU Fire Insurance 2 Fire is a magnificent servant but a terrible master Insurance that is used to cover damage caused by fire is fire insurance Specified form of property insurance‚ designed to cover the cost of replacement‚ reconstruction or repair Policy cover damage to the building itself and may also cover the damage to nearby structure‚ personal property and expenses
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like the Indian caste system is. <br> <br> Another group in India’s caste system are the untouchables. The untouchables are the people that have been thrown out of their caste because of something that they did that was wrong. The children of these people were also untouchables. The Indian constitution has abolished the system of untouchables. It is against the law to discriminate against the untouchables. Their constitution does not abolish the caste system. They cannot abolish the caste system
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Born into a poor Untouchable family‚ Ambedkar spent his whole life fighting against social discrimination‚ the system of Chaturvarna - the Hindu categorization of human society into four varnas - and the Indian caste system. He is also credited with having sparked the Dalit Buddhist movement. Ambedkar has been honoured with the Bharat Ratna‚ India’s highest civilian award. Overcoming numerous social and financial obstacles‚ Ambedkar became one of the first "untouchables" to obtain a
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