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(d) What were the steps taken by Gandhiji to fight untouchability? (e) What was Dr Ambedkar's role in the fight for social equality and justice |
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Answer» In 1932, Gandhi founded the Harijan Sevak Sangh as part of his efforts to ERADICATE the concept of 'untouchability' from India's caste system. He PUT his close friend, the pioneering INDUSTRIALIST Ghanshyam Das Birla, in charge of the organisation.Ambedkar, all his life tried to eliminate social injustice in India, be it the Mahad Satyagraha of drinking water from the Chowder tank or asking the women of low castes to drape their saris like that of HIGH castes women, so as to erase the mark of untouchability or to burn the Manu Smirti as a protest, everything he |
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