Question

Write a short note.

Reforms of Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj in the state of Kolhapur.

Answer 1

1. Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj worked for abolishing caste discrimination.
2. He made a revolutionary declaration for reservation in the state of Kolhapur.
3. He made law for free and compulsory primary education.
4. He worked to remove restrictions on interdining, intermarriage and change of occupation in the caste system.
5. He passed the Act of inter-caste marriage and made it legal in the state.
6. He abolished the ‘Balutedari System' by publishing a declaration in the Government Gazette of the state of Kolhapur on 22 February, 1918.
7. This allowed people to practice any occupation and freed them from this type of social slavery.