In the British period, what new opportunities opened up for people who came from castes that were regarded as “low”?
Social StudiesClass 8CBSEAnswered 27 Mar 2026
Answer
The poor from the villages and small towns, many of them from low castes, began moving to the cities where there was a new demand for labour. Some also went to work in plantations in Assam, Mauritius, Trinidad and Indonesia. The poor and the people from low castes saw this as an opportunity to get away from the oppressive hold that upper-caste landowners exercised over their lives and the daily humiliation they suffered.
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