Name some social evils prevailing in the indian society in the 19th century?
During the 19th century India was mostly under the rule of the British. There were many social evils existing in India. India wasnt a part of the Industrial revolution which was churning the world and changing it at that time. India completely missed the bus Caste based discrimination - arguably the largest evils of all. Discriminating ppl basis what caste they are born and attributing their birth in a particular caste to their past births. This created a deep rift between the classes and the masses. The lower caste ppl were compelled into downward spiral due to this. Sati - Downright discrimination against women. Probably a practice carried out to avoid the widowed women from becoming a object of desire of salatious men. Child marriage - Kids getting married at the age of 3 or 4???? Can u beat that Ill treatment of widow women - Widows made to shave of their hair and live a life of misery Girl child killing - A girl child born was actually killed as soon as she was born!!!! Slavery - Landlords and feudal lords taking up poor men and women and keeping them as free bonded labour