Eradication of Untouchability

The institution of Untouchability being an offshoot of the caste system in India on the one hand and the tributary of it on the other hand hasbeen allmque feature of the Indian social system. Untouchability is a unique in Hindu social institution, which emerges in the remote past. The untouchables have been suffering from the stigma of untouchability' followed by servitude, illiteracy and grinding poverty. This unholy system of untouchability had serious adverse effects on the Indian society in general and the untouchables in particular; it has been vehemently opposed by many sensible persons including saints, social reformers and political leaders in the past. Eventually, the founding fathers of the constitution of India, who visualized a society based on justice, liberty, equality and fraternity, stood for. The abolition of untouchability1. in the constitution which came into force on 26th January, 1950.