The present study seeks to analyse the role, response and contribution of the Indian National Congress to the cause of Dalits from 1921 through 1947. During the early stages, the Congress regarded the Dalit problem similar to the problems of sati, widowhood, child marriage, female infanticide etc. Mahatma Gandhi, however, took the problem seriously and considered untouchability as a ‘monster’, a ‘blot’, or a ‘sin’. The new thing which the Mahatma ...
