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Question
Not all of the changes in Social Institutions brought about by the British were intended or deliberate. Give an example to justify the statement.
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Solution
- The British administrators began by trying to understand the complexities of caste in an effort to learn how to govern the country efficiently. Some of these efforts took the shape of very methodical and intensive surveys and reports on the ‘customs and manners’ of various tribes and castes all over the country.
- This effort had a huge impact on social perceptions of caste and hundreds of petitions were addressed to the Census Commissioner by representatives of different castes claiming a higher position on the social scale and offering historical and scriptural evidence for their claims.
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