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The Dalit Panthers
The Dalit Panthers was a social organization founded by Namdeo Dhasal, Raja Dhale, J.V. Pawar and Arun Kamble on 29 May 1972 in Mumbai. Formed in the state of Maharashtra in the 1970s, they ideolog…
2nd February in Dalit History – Death anniversary of Subedar Major Ramji Maloji Sakpal
2 February 1913: Death of Subedar Major Ramji Maloji Sakpal, father of Dr. Ambedkar.
Dr. Ambedkar’s ancestral village is Ambavade, five miles off Mandanged, a small town in the Ratnagiri district…
28th January in Dalit History – First Ever Infanticide Prohibition Home of India Was Started by Savitribai Phule
28 January 1853: First ever infanticide prohibition home of India was started by Savitribai Phule.
Due to the Brahminical Social Order, those were the days when women irrespective of their caste a…
Marathi Movie on Ramabai Bhimrao Ambedkar – Ramai
This movie is a biography of Ramabai Bhimrao Ambedkar also known as Ramabai wife of Dr. Babasaheb. She lost her parents at a very young age and brought up her two young brothers all alone. She was …
Savitribai Phule Poems
Savitribai Phule was the first Dalit women, in-fact first women whose poems got noticed in the British Empire. Savitribai Phule was the mother of modern poetry stressing the necessity of English an…
11th April (1827) in Dalit History – Birth Anniversary of the Mahatma Jyotirao Phule
Jyotirao Phule is the Mahatma of modern India. His remarkable influence was apparent during the dark ages when women and Shudras were denied their rights. His pioneering work in fields like educati…
1st January 1818 – The Battle of Bhima Koregaon
If we wish to be free, we must fight. Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? I know not wh…
Manusmruti Dahan Din (25th December)
Author – Dr. K. Jamanadas
Today is Christmas, 25th of December. It is celebrated all over the Christian world as the birth of Jesus Christ. But for the whole world of Dalits, it is an important da…
LL.D. Degree Certificate of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar from Columbia University
Have a look at LL.D. Degree Certificate of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar from Columbia University
Also check – D. Litt. Degree Certificate of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar from Osmania University.
A Humble Reque…
‘First Lady’ Teacher of India: Savitribai Phule
Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. — Buddha
Savitribai Phule (3rd January 1831- 10 March 1897), one of the supreme names…
When Babasaheb sought Shahu Maharaja’s financial support
C/o Henry S. King & Co.
9. Pall Mall, London S.W.
4th September 1921
My Dear Maharajasaheb,
As directed by Mr. Dalvi I am placing my financial difficulties be…