International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
E-ISSN: 2582-2160
•
Impact Factor: 9.24
A Widely Indexed Open Access Peer Reviewed Multidisciplinary Bi-monthly Scholarly International Journal
Home
Research Paper
Submit Research Paper
Publication Guidelines
Publication Charges
Upload Documents
Track Status / Pay Fees / Download Publication Certi.
Editors & Reviewers
View All
Join as a Reviewer
Reviewer Referral Program
Get Membership Certificate
Current Issue
Publication Archive
Conference
Publishing Conf. with IJFMR
Upcoming Conference(s) ↓
WSMCDD-2025
GSMCDD-2025
Conferences Published ↓
RBS:RH-COVID-19 (2023)
ICMRS'23
PIPRDA-2023
Contact Us
Plagiarism is checked by the leading plagiarism checker
Call for Paper
Volume 6 Issue 6
November-December 2024
Indexing Partners
Invisibility of the Discourse of Backwardness in Pre-Independent India
Author(s) | Dr. Sanjeev Kumar |
---|---|
Country | India |
Abstract | The question of backwardness in India has been a contested and unfinished discourse. The censuses of 1911, 1921, and 1931 shed light on the stark disparities between the Shudra population and their representation in positions of power. The Miller Commission, appointed in 1918, played a significant role in defining backwardness and proposing measures for representation. However, the overarching discourse on representation and backwardness remained confined to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs), and the other backward castes (OBCs) were left unresolved and put under the administrative jurisdiction of respective state governments. In this backdrop, this paper explores the discourse surrounding the issue of backwardness in pre-independent India, focusing on representation and reservation in government jobs and educational institutions. This paper embarks on outlining an overview of the reservation policy in pre-independent India. It draws upon the findings of the ICSSR sponsored national research project titled “Status of Reservation Policy: A Study of Higher Educational Institutions in Bihar” (F. No. 02/151/2016-17/RP). |
Keywords | Reservation, Backwardness, Reservation Policy, Pre-Independent India, Scheduled Castes (SCs), Bihar |
Published In | Volume 5, Issue 6, November-December 2023 |
Published On | 2023-12-26 |
Cite This | Invisibility of the Discourse of Backwardness in Pre-Independent India - Dr. Sanjeev Kumar - IJFMR Volume 5, Issue 6, November-December 2023. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i06.11317 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i06.11317 |
Short DOI | https://doi.org/gtbtf8 |
Share this
E-ISSN 2582-2160
doi
CrossRef DOI is assigned to each research paper published in our journal.
IJFMR DOI prefix is
10.36948/ijfmr
Downloads
All research papers published on this website are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, and all rights belong to their respective authors/researchers.