Consider the following statements about Dalit movements:(A) Sociologi…

NCERT (2026-27): “Backward Class Castes Movements …
Sociologists’ attempts to classify Dalit movements have led them to believe that they belong to all the types, namely reformative, redemptive, revolutionary. …the anti-caste movement which began in the 19 century under the inspiration of th Jotiba Phule and was carried out in the 1920s by the non-Brahmin movements in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu and then developed under the leadership of Dr. Ambedkar had characteristics of all types. At its best it was revolutionary in terms of society and redemptive in terms of individuals. In partial context, the ‘post Ambedkar Dalit movement’ has had revolutionary practice. It has provided alternative ways of living, at some points limited and at some points radical and all-encompassing, ranging from changes in behaviour such as giving up eating beef to religious conversion. It has focussed on changes in the entire society, from radical revolutionary goal of abolishing caste oppression and economic exploitation to the limited goals of providing scope for members of Scheduled Caste to achieve social mobility. …”