What is the Harijan Act?

What is the Harijan Act?

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“to prevent the commission of offences of atrocities against the members of Scheduled Castes and Tribes, to provide for Special Courts for the trial of such offences and for the relief and rehabilitation of the victims of such offences and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto”.

Q. Which is the closest synonym for the word atrocity?

other words for atrocity

  • barbarity.
  • horror.
  • atrociousness.
  • barbarousness.
  • enormity.
  • heinousness.
  • wickedness.
  • monstrousness.

Q. What’s another word for committed?

What is another word for committed?

devoteddedicated
passionatepledged
wholeheartedzealous
activeassiduous
boundintent

Q. What is meant by scheduled caste?

The Scheduled Caste (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of people in India. In modern literature, the Scheduled Castes are sometimes referred to as Dalit, meaning “broken/scattered” in Marathi, having been popularised by B. R.

Q. What is difference between scheduled caste and scheduled tribe?

Article 341 of Constitution of India defines as to who would be Scheduled Castes with respect to any State or Union Territory. Scheduled Castes are about 16.6% of India’s total population as per 2011 census. Scheduled Tribes comprise about 8.6% of India’s total population as per 2011 census.

Q. Is it wrong to do inter caste marriage?

Hinduism did not explicitly state that an individual from other castes was not to be married, but that it deliberately encouraged marriages from the same castes to support society. So, in inter-caste marriage, there is absolutely nothing wrong.

Q. Who comes under special marriage?

1. Short title, extent and commencement. ―(1) This Act may be called the Special Marriage Act, 1954. (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir, and applies also to citizens of India domiciled in the territories to which this Act extends who are 2[in the State of Jammu and Kashmir].

Q. What are the documents required for Special Marriage Act?

This document may be in the form of a matriculation certificate/passport/birth certificate. The residence proof of the husband and wife (Ration Card, Aadhar Card, Election Voter Id, PAN Card, or bills like Electricity Bill, etc.) Two passport size photographs of both the parties and one marriage photograph.

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