Hindu elites passed anti-untouchability resolutions while Tilak dodged signing them

Evidence

In 1917, Hindu reformers were wooing Untouchables with an edge of desperation. The Congress had passed its resolution against untouchability. Both Gandhi and Tilak called untouchability a ‘disease’ that was antithetical to Hinduism. The first All-India Depressed Classes Conference was held in Bombay, presided over by Ambedkar’s patron and mentor, Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad, and attended by several luminaries of the time, including Tilak. They passed the All-India Anti-Untouchability Manifesto, which was signed by all of them (except Tilak, who managed to find a way around it). — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 300

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

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Broader Connections

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