Title:
A STUDY ON VAIKOM AND GURUVAYUR SATYAGRAHA

Authors:
Siddharth M

Abstract:
In India concepts of caste system has its own group as untouchables and out caste and then used these to deny them ownership of land, entry into temples access to common resources such as water from the village lake or well. High caste, including the lower among them were not to have any physical contact with untouchables they could not aspect water food their lands. In the villages the untouchable castes performed all the menial jobs such as those of water carriers, hide of dead animal's leather works as well as the Jajomani system they received fixed share of the produce from the land owner finals a payment for their services. From the middle and the late nineteenth century onwards about economic changes especially the commercialization of agriculture production and relations, emergence of contractual relations, new employment offers side the village in factories ,the army, all contributed to a split in the position of the untouchables social reforms such Jyoitbha Phule in Maharastra and Sree Narayana Guru in Kerala also began to questioning the caste system and caste from 19th, 20th century onwards. Gandhi integrated the issues of abolition of untouchability into the national movement and major campaigns and struggles, such as the Vaikom sathyagraha (1924-25) and Guruvayur Sathyagraha (1931-32) were organized.