Question

Q42.Mention any 3 steps taken by mahatma Gandhi to eliminate the sin of untouchability from India

Answer 1

Gandhiji believed that Swaraj would not about, if untouchability was not ​eliminated. He called the untouchables Harijans, as the children of God. He undertook the fowlloing steps to eradicate the sin of untoucahbility:

(i) He organised satyagraha to secure their entry into temples, access to public wells, tanks, roads, and schools.
(ii) He himself cleaned the toilets to dignify the work of the sweepers.
(iii) He persuaded upper castes to change their heart and give up the ‘sin of untouchability.’