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Who protested by riding an ox-cart on the roads for challenging the ban on untouchables from accessing public roads used by upper-caste Hindus?
Who protested by riding an ox-cart on the roads for challenging the ban on untouchables from accessing public roads used by upper-caste Hindus?
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The correct option is A Ayyankali
Ayyankali was a reformer born in 1863 at Venganoor in the princely state of Travancore. He founded the anti-caste organisation known as Sadhu Jana Paripalana Sangham in 1907. It raised funds to educate the lower caste Pulaya people. To challenge the ‘ban’ on untouchables from accessing public roads used by upper-caste Hindus, he protested by riding an ox-cart on the roads.
Ayyankali was a reformer born in 1863 at Venganoor in the princely state of Travancore. He founded the anti-caste organisation known as Sadhu Jana Paripalana Sangham in 1907. It raised funds to educate the lower caste Pulaya people. To challenge the ‘ban’ on untouchables from accessing public roads used by upper-caste Hindus, he protested by riding an ox-cart on the roads.
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