Out of the following which movements can be categorised under caste based movements.
A. Satnami movement
B. Naxal movement
C. Telangana movement
D. Mahar movement
E. Adi Dharma movement
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → A, D and E only
A. Satnami movement Correct. The Satnami Movement of the Chamars in the Chhattisgarh plains is one of the Dalit movements, a common quest for equality, self-dignity and the eradication of untouchability.
B. Naxal movement Incorrect. The Naxalite movement is a revolutionary movement that seeks to remove oppressive landlords and state officials. It is built on class and land, not on the identity of a caste.
C. Telangana movement Incorrect. The Telangana movement (1946–51) was a peasant movement against the feudal conditions in the princely state of Hyderabad, led by the CPI. It was a class-based struggle of peasants, not a caste movement.
D. Mahar movement Correct. The Mahar Movement in Maharashtra is another Dalit movement against untouchability.
E. Adi Dharma movement Correct. The Adi Dharma Movement in Punjab also belongs to the Dalit movements that asserted a Dalit identity.
NCERT (2025-26): “The Dalit Movement … there has been a common quest for equality, self-dignity and eradication of untouchability (Shah 2001:194). This can be seen in the Satnami Movement of the Chamars in the Chattisgarh plains in eastern MP, Adi Dharma Movement in Punjab, the Mahar Movement in Maharashtra, the socio-political mobilisation among the Jatavas of Agra and the Anti-Brahman Movement in south India. In the contemporary period, the Dalit movement has unquestionably acquired a place in the public sphere that cannot be ignored.…” |