during the Kala Ram Temple Entry Movement in Nasik in 1930, when they banned Dalits from entering because it was ‘against the established custom’, or when they paid damages to upper caste people after Dalits led by Ambedkar drank water from the public Chawdar tank, British laws let the upper castes get away with noxious discrimination and abuse. Phule and Ambedkar both criticized the British for their spineless policies with regard to caste.
