At Benares, India, the Hindu Maha Subha (Grand Assembly of the Hindus) completed its seventh annual session. It passed a unanimous resolution removing the ban against untouchables, especially with regard to schools, public wells, temples, meeting places.
Pundit Malaviya, President of the Subha, describing the miserable condition of the untouchables, said: "We regard ourselves as polluted by the touch of the very shadow of any one of the depressed classes, and we refuse them the privilege of leading a healthy, decent, civilized life, as long as,...
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