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Caste system in India. Mahatma Gandhi visiting Madras (now Chennai) in 1933 on an India-wide tour for Dalit (he used Harijan) causes. His writings, and speeches during such tours, discussed the discriminated-against castes of India. The caste system in India is the paradigmatic ethnographic instance of social classification based on castes.
e. ' Varṇa' (Sanskrit: वर्ण, Hindi pronunciation: ['ʋəɾɳə]), in the context of Hinduism, [1] refers to a social class within a hierarchical traditional Hindu society. [2][3] The ideology is epitomized in texts like Manusmriti, [1][4][5] which describes and ranks four varnas, and prescribes their occupations, requirements and ...
The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes comprise about 16.6% and 8.6%, respectively, of India's population (according to the 2011 census). [10][11] The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 lists 1,108 castes across 28 states in its First Schedule, [12] and the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950 lists 744 tribes across 22 ...
Upon the establishment of India's independence in 1947, the country became a dominion within the British Commonwealth of Nations.Nevertheless, the armed forces, namely, the British Indian Army (IA), the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) and the Royal Indian Air Force (RIAF) - under the helm of King George VI as the Commander-in-Chief - retained their respective pre-independence ranks and corresponding ...
Traditionally, Brahmins are accorded the highest ritual status of the four social classes, [8] and they also served as spiritual teachers (guru or acharya). In practice, Indian texts suggest that some Brahmins historically also became agriculturalists , warriors , traders , and had also held other occupations in the Indian subcontinent.
Summits of India with at least 500 meters of topographic prominence; Ranks Name / Short name (if applicable) Height Range Prominence (m) [a] [b] Coordinates State National Global In meter [c] In ft 1 3 Kangchenjunga: 8,586 28,169 Himalayas: 3,922 Sikkim: 2 23 Nanda Devi
A group of Dalit women in 2021. Dalit (English: / ˈdælɪt / from Sanskrit: दलित, romanized: dalita meaning "broken/scattered") is a term first coined by the Indian social reformer Jyotirao Phule for untouchables and outcasts, who represented the lowest stratum of the castes in the Indian subcontinent. [1] Dalits were excluded from the ...
25°44′31″N 95°01′59″E / 25.742°N 95.033°E / 25.742; 95.033. Mount Saramati lies on the India–Myanmar border. It is the highest peak in the Patkai Range. [3] West Bengal. Sandakphu. Singalila Ridge section of the Eastern Himalayas. 3,636.