Brahmins held disproportionate shares of government posts in 1948

Evidence

According to Ambedkar, Brahmins, who were 3 per cent of the population in the Madras Presidency in 1948, held 37 per cent of the gazetted posts and 43 per cent of the non-gazetted posts in government jobs. There is no longer a reliable way to keep track of these trends because after 1931 the Project of Unseeing set in. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 62

Categorization

• DEFINE: The editor coins ‘Project of Unseeing’ — the post-1931 cessation of caste data collection that hides ongoing Brahmin overrepresentation.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 62
• XREF: connects to: Privatisation shrank government jobs that had served as caste equality channels