UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2013 · Q4(a) · 25 marks
“Notwithstanding the quest for modernity and the antagonism that guided Nehru's attitude towards the inequalities inherent in the social structure in rural India, the Congress Party did not carry out a concerted campaign against discrimination based on caste. Nehru's own perception was that industrial growth was bound to break the stranglehold of this feudal remnant. This, however, did not happen in India.” Examine.
- Chapter
- Caste and Ethnicity after 1947
- Topic
- State Measures against Caste Injustice
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