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The Role Of Caste System In Palanpur

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Caste in Indian society refers to a social group where membership is largely decided by birth (Ghurye, 1961). By the early 1990s there began a shift in caste politics. During this period some major political parties which were traditionally consists of higher caste; lost its effect. This was partly due to economic liberalization in India which reduced the control the state had on the economy and thus the lower casts. And also due to an upsurge in caste based parties that made the politics of lower caste empowerment a central part of their political agenda. It should be pointed out that these new political parties emerged not on a national level but on a village and regional level, and were most dominant in North India. This also weakened the influence of caste and clientelism on Indian politics (Chapaitkar, 2013).

The Indian Caste System is historically one of the main dimensions where people in India are socially differentiated through class, religion, region, tribe, gender, and language. The Indian Caste System is considered a closed system of stratification, which means that a person’s social status is obligated to which caste they were born into. There are limits on interaction and behaviour with people from another social status (Sekhon, 2000).

The present study will be exploring the various aspects of the caste and caste system in Palanpur related to its hierarchy, its history, and its effects on different Socio-economic aspects of village.

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