Hindu revivalists proselytised Untouchables to retain them in subordination.

Evidence

Conservative Hindu organisations like the Hindu Mahasabha took the task beyond rhetoric, and against their own deeply held beliefs and practice began to proselytise energetically against untouchability. Untouchables had to be prevented from defecting. They had to be assimilated, their proteins broken down. They had to be brought into the Big House, but kept in the servants’ quarters. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 152

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

Related

• Hindu reformers reframed caste as untouchability to avoid addressing economic exploitation. (similarity 0.88)
• Ambedkar saw anti-untouchability gestures as privileged-caste strategies to retain control (similarity 0.86)
• Caste Hindu reformers sought assimilation without equality for Untouchables (similarity 0.86)
• Gandhi consistently insulted Untouchables and denied them political self-organization (similarity 0.86)
• Hindu elites passed anti-untouchability resolutions while Tilak dodged signing them (similarity 0.85)
• Gandhi sought abolition of untouchability but retention of the caste system (similarity 0.85)
• Gandhi’s renaming of Untouchables as Harijans re-anchored them to the Hindu faith. (similarity 0.85)
• Scattered settlement of Untouchables made democratic representation impossible without separate electorates. (similarity 0.84)
• Gandhi’s anti-untouchability campaign functioned as symbolic theater, not lasting cure. (similarity 0.83)
• Learned savarna Hindus must reinterpret scripture to correct caste conduct. (similarity 0.83)
• Reforming caste Hindus cannot advance Untouchable interests without alienating orthodox caste Hindus (similarity 0.83)
• Ambedkar resolved to abandon Hinduism to escape the stigma of untouchability. (similarity 0.83)
• Gandhi framed Untouchables as politically immature needing Hindu service, not enfranchisement (similarity 0.82)
• Caste Hindu reformers avoid alienating orthodoxy while Untouchables must demand full reform (similarity 0.82)
• Hinduism’s pervasiveness makes renouncing caste seem impracticable to many (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• Caste Hindu reform organizations expected untouchables to accept subordinate roles #corroborates (0.80)
• Gandhi sought abolition of untouchability but retention of the caste system #complicates (0.70) — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 319
• Caste Hindu reformers avoid alienating orthodox peers even at the cost of untouchable allies #corroborates (0.70)
• Gandhi’s renaming of Untouchables as Harijans re-anchored them to the Hindu faith. #exemplifies (0.60) — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 399
• Caste Hindus sought to deny Untouchables the choice that choice confers power. #expands (0.60) — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 387
• Gandhi claimed to personally represent all forty-five million Untouchables #exemplifies (0.60) — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 179
• Gandhi consistently insulted Untouchables and denied them political self-organization #corroborates (0.60) — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 424
• Gandhi accepted separate electorates for Muslims but not for Untouchables. #exemplifies (0.50) — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 383
• Untouchables’ interests can only be voiced by Untouchables themselves in sufficient numbers. #expands (0.50) — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 314