Entry into Temples Ambedkar Case


 
 
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Entry into Temples Ambedkar Case

Who could enter temples? Ambedkar was born into a mahar family. As a child he experienced what caste prejudice meant in everyday life.  In school he was forced to sit outside the classroom on the ground, and was not allowed to drink water from taps that upper-caste children used. After finishing school, he got a fellowship to go to the US for higher studies. On his return to India in 1919, he wrote extensively about “upper-caste” power in contemporary society.

 
 


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