CHAPTER 4
Social Movements in India
INTRODUCTION
A social movement is a mass movement and a concerted effort by people to promote change or to fight change. In India, social changes were instigated with the help of social movements of various kind. The issues of social and economic inequalities were addressed and brought to the limelight with the help of social movements in post and as well as pre-independence period in India.
DALIT MOVEMENTS
The term Dalit was firstly used by Jyotirao Phule for the oppressed classes or untouchable castes of the Hindu. Mahatma Gandhi used Harijan for the oppressed or depressed or Dalit classes which means ‘Children of God’.
PRE INDEPENDENCE DALIT MOVEMENTS
Movement |
Year |
Founder |
Features |
|---|---|---|---|
Nair Movement ... |
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