UPSC Civil Services 2020 Prelims General Studies Paper I

Explanation

•Gopal Baba Walangkar, also known as Gopal Krishna, (ca. 1840-1900) is an early example of an activist working to release the untouchable people of India from their historic socio-economic oppression, and is generally considered to be the pioneer of that movement.

•He developed a racial theory to explain the oppression and also published the first journal targeted at the untouchable people.

•In 1888, Walangkar began publishing the monthly journal titled Vital-Vidhwansak (Destroyer of Brahmanical or Ceremonial Pollution), which was the first to have the untouchable people as its target audience