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Unit 7: Jajmani System

• The important changes in society that have affected the jajmani system in the last five or six Notes
decades are: reduction in the powers of the village elders’ councils, effect of the factory system
and industrialization on the quality of services rendered by the kamins, changes in the rigidity
of the caste system, spread of education, migration of people of intermediate and lower castes
to cities in search of jobs and material amenities, abolition of the jagirdari system,’.
7.10 Key-Words

1. Kamins : Lower castes.
2. Jajmans : Higher castes.
3. Chuhra : Sweepers
7.11 Review Questions

1. What do you mean by Jajmani system? Explain.
2. Discuss the characteristics and features of Jajmani system.
3. Explain the role and functions of Jajmani system.
4. Write briefly on the changes of Jajmani system.
Answers: Self-Assessment
1. (i)(b) (ii) a—c; b—a; c—b (iii)(a) (iv)(d)

7.12 Further Readings

1. Ahuja, Ram, 1994: Indian Social System, Rawat Publication.
2. Srinivas, M.N., 1963: Social Change in Modern India, University of California
Press.
3. Sharma, K.L., 2007: Indian Social Structure and Change, Rawat Publication.

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