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Write some of the important social reforms in India for the removal of untouchability.

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  • Caste System

Reform against untouchability has come from three directions — from within Hinduism, from the excluded themselves, and from the state. They differ over who is the agent of change, which explains their uneven success.

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  • Reform from within the tradition
  • Reform from below
  • Constitutional and legal reform
  • An assessment
  • Conclusion

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