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SAI INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL
                                                  SESSION 2020-21
                                                       CLASS VII
                                                      SUB- CIVICS
                                                   LESSON NOTES
                                      CH- 9 : STRUGGLES FOR EQUALITY


               Sub Topic 1 -FACTORS WHY PEOPLE ARE TREATED UNEQUALLY IN
               INDIA, STRUGGLES FOR EQUALITY




                                       The Indian Constitution recognises all Indians as equal before the
               FACTORS WHY             law and states that no person can be discriminated against
               PEOPLE ARE              because of their religion, sex, caste or whether they are rich or
               TREATED                 poor.
               UNEQUALLY IN            Some of these factors are:
               INDIA

                                           1.  Poverty and the lack of resources.
                                           2.  Discrimination on the basis of a person’s religion, caste
                                              and sex.



                                       In India, there are several struggles in which people have come
               STRUGGLES FOR           together to fight for a variety of issues. Some of the famous
               EQUALITY                struggles are women’s movement to raise issues of equality,
                                       Tawa Matsya Sangh in Madhya Pradesh etc. Beedi workers,

                                       fisherfolk, agricultural labourers, slum dwellers and each group
                                       are struggling for justice, in its own way.
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