8th Class Social Science Arts and Cultural Movements Question Bank Women and Caste Reforms - Long answer Type Question

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    What were the views of Jyotirao Phule?

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    Jyotirao Phule opposed the caste system and worked actively against it. He attacked the Brahmans and the upper castes. He blamed them for framing inhuman laws to suppress the shudras. He said the Brahmans were descendants of the Aryans who were outsiders and had established themselves in India. The original inhabitants of India were the Dravidians who were the lower castes. He insisted that the only way to get rid of socialvils was the education of women and the up lift ment of the lower castes. He wrote a   book called Gulamgiri (slavery) published in June/1873. In his book he has equated the conditions of the slaves in America to the shudras in India.


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