Explain any three factors which are responsible for breaking down of old notions of caste hierarchy

CBSE Class 10 CBSE Class 10 Social Science
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Explain any three factors which are responsible for breaking down of old notions of caste hierarchy.

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Three reasons which have contributed to changes in caste system:

  1. Efforts of political leaders and social reformers like Gandhihi, BR Ambedker who advocated and worked to establish a society in which caste inequalities are absent.
  2. Socio-economic changes such as:
    • urbanisation
    • occupational mobility
    • growth of literacy and education
    • breaking down of caste hierarchy
  3. The constitution of India prohibited any caste-based discrimination and laid the foundations of policies of policies to reverse the injustice of the caste system.