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Women, Caste and Reform Flashcards

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Difficulties faced by women 200 years ago.

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Child Marriage, Performing SATI, Rights to property and Education.

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Who were Vaishyas

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Traders and Moneylenders

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Upper caste

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Brahmans and Kshatriyas

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Who were Shudras

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Potters and Weavers

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Who were Ati shudras or Untouchables

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Cleaners

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What were Untouchables not allowed to do

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They were not allowed to enter temples, draw water from the wells upper castes used, bathe in the pond upper caste used to bathe. They were seen as inferior human beings.

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Who was Raja Rammohun Roy

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He was a reformer. He lived from 1772-1833.

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Association formed by Raja Rammohun Roy

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Brahmo Sabha later Brahmo Samaj (in Calcutta)

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The meaning of reform

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Change

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What are the reforms Raja Rammohun Roy made

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He spread Western Education in the country and brought greater freedom and equality for women by campaigning against the practice of Sati.

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Languages known by Rammohun Roy

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Sanskrit, Persian and several other Indian and European languages

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How did Raja Rammohun Roy convince people about not using the practice of SATI

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Through his writing he showed there is no sanction in ancient texts.

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Who supported Raja Rammohun Roy

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British officials

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When was sati banned

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1829

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Who was Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar and what did he do for a change

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Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was a reformer who used ancient text to suggest that women could remarry.

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Did Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar get support from British officials

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Yes

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When was the law passed permitting widow remarriage

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1856

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What did people do who were against the law of widow remarriage

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Opposed Vidyasagar and boycotted him

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Who was Veersalingam Pantulu

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He was a reformer who lived in the Telegu speaking areas of Madras. He formed an association for widow remarriage.

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Who was Swami Dayananda Saraswathi

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He was a reformer in the North. He founded an association called Arya Samaj which supported Widow Remarriage

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Vidyasagar opened schools in

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Calcutta

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First school were opened in ______ century.

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mid-nineteenth

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Why did people fear about female education

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It would prevent them from doing domestic work.

24
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Who opened schools in Punjab

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Arya Samaj

25
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Who opened schools in Maharashtra

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Jyoti Rao Phule

26
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Muslim households in North India learnt _________

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Quran in arabic

27
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Muslim households in North India were taught by

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Women tutors

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Who was Mumtaz Ali

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He was a reformer who argued on women education by interpreting verses from Quran

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Who were Begums of Bhopal

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They were Muslim women who promoted Women Education and started a school in Aligarh

30
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Who was Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hussain

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She was a fearless critic of conservative ides. She started school Muslims in Patna and Calcutta.

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Who was Tarbai Shinde

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A woman who lived in Poona and was educated at home. She published a book called ‘‘Stripurushtulna’’ (A comparison between men and women), criticising social differences between men and women.

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Who was Pandita Ramabai

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She was a great scholar at Sanskrit, She wrote a book on miserable lives of Hindu upper caste women. She founded a shelter for widows at Poona for training them so that they can support themselves economically.

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Hindu nationalist were worried about

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That Hindu women were adapting wester ways and this would disrupt the culture

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What did women do for reform

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They wrote books, edited magazines, founded schools and training centres and set up women’s associations

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Which nationalist leaders promised greater equality and freedom for women after independents

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Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose

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Who fought to make a law preventing child marriage

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Indian legislators in central legislative assembly

37
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Which year was child marriage resistance act passed

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1929

38
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According to the act no man below the age of ______ and woman below the age of ______ could marry

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18 & 16

39
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Subsequently the age of marriage was raised to ________ for woman and ________ for men

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18 & 21

40
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what association was Prathana Samaj

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They believed in equality for all caste

41
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What was Paramhans Mandali ment for

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It was an association founded in 1840 for the abolition of caste

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What was Paramhans Mandali ment for

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It was an association founded in 1840 for the abolition of caste

42
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How did the Christian missionaries contribute in social reform in 19th century

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The set up schools for tribal groups and lower caste children

43
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How did expansion of cities led to the changes in the lives of lower caste people

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As the expansion began the demand for labour was generated to work as diggers, carriers, sewage cleaners sweepers, rikshaw puller and palanquin bearers. The poor began to leave villages and towns mostly from lower caste to work as labourers and this gave them opportunity to get away from the oppressive hold of upper caste and relieve them from humiliation.

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Who were Mahars

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They were traditionally leatherworkers and Shoemakers. They were considered untouchable casts so these people were offered jobs in mahar regiment.

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Father of B.R Ambedkar

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He was a Dalit leader who used to teach in army school

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In Bombay, how were lower caste people educated

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They used to sit in the veranda of school and listen to classes without polluting the room where upper caste used were taught

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What did Non-Brahmans castes do about caste discrimination

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They began organising movements against caste discrimination

48
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What was the Satnami Movement

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Satnami Movement was founded by Ghasidas who was a lether worker and founded this movement to improve their social status.

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Who was Shri Narayan Guru

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He was a guru from the Ezhava caste and he argued on the caste differences. He said that all humankind belonged to same caste.
One of his famous statements was: Oru jati, Oru matam, Oru daivam manushyanu (one caste, one religion one god for humankind)

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