Question

How did Gandhi integrate untouchables in the national movements?

Answer 1

Dear Student,

The efforts by Mahatma Gandhi to integrate untouchables in the national movements is as follows:

• He called the untouchables’ as harijan, or the children of God,
• He organised satyagraha to secure them entry into temples, and access to publicwells, tanks, roads and schools.
• He himself cleaned toilets to dignify the work of the bhangi (the sweepers), and persuaded upper castes to change their heart and give up ‘the sin of untouchability’.