Socio-religious reform and caste movements
Lower-caste and Dalit movements: Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Ambedkar
Practise 3 PYQsConcepts to cover
- Sri Narayana Guru and SNDP Yogam 1903, Ayyankali, Vaikom Satyagraha 1924-25, Guruvayur 1931, Travancore Temple Entry Proclamation 1936
- South Indian Liberal Federation (Justice Party) 1916 of T.M. Nair and Tyagaraja Chetti; Periyar E.V. Ramaswami Naicker's Self-Respect Movement 1925
- Bahishkrit Hitakarini Sabha 1924, Mahad 1927, Independent Labour Party 1936, All India Scheduled Castes Federation 1942; Peasants and Workers Party was not his
- Temple entry as a strategy: Vaikom, Guruvayur, Kalaram Nashik 1930 and Gandhi's temple entry bill 1933
- Depressed classes at the Round Table Conferences, separate electorate demand and the road to the Poona Pact
Where to study
A Brief History of Modern India · Rajiv Ahir (Spectrum)
- ch. 9 A General Survey of Socio-Cultural Reform Movements
Our Pasts III, Class VIII, Chapter 7: Women, Caste and Reform
- ch. 7 Women, Caste and Reform, pp. 1-15 (printed 78-92)
- ch. 7 Women, Caste and Reform, Demands for equality and justice, p. 9 (printed 86)
- ch. 7 Women, Caste and Reform, The Non-Brahman movement, p. 12 (printed 89)
- ch. 7 Women, Caste and Reform, Who could enter temples?, p. 11 (printed 88)
- ch. 7 Women, Caste and Reform, Who could enter temples?, pp. 11-12 (printed 88-89)
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XII History
- ch. 5 Period of Radicalism in Anti-imperialist Struggles
India’s Struggle for Independence, 1857–1947 · Bipan Chandra and others
- ch. 18 The Struggles for Gurdwara Reform and Temple Entry, pp. 224-234
Themes in Indian History Part III, Class XII, Theme 11 Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement: Civil Disobedience and Beyond
- Theme 11 Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement, 3.2 Dialogues; Ambedkar on separate electorates, pp. 15-16 (printed 300-301)