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Celebrating Dalit History – A Woman’s Revolt : Nangeli
Today in Dalit History we remember the protest of one Bahujan woman in Kerala — Nangeli. Nangeli and her husband lived in the Cherthala region of Kerala in the early 1900s.
At that time, “lower”…
Celebrating Dalit History – Chinese Monk Faxian’s Travelogue
Today in Dalit History we turn to Faxian, the Chinese Buddhist monk who travelled by foot all the way from China to India, visiting many sacred Buddhist sites in what are now Xinjiang, China, Pakis…
Celebrating Dalit History – The Resistance of Bhagana’s Dalits
In March 2014, four Dalit girls and women were kidnapped and gang-raped by members of the dominant Jat caste in Bhagana village in Haryana. Rakesh Panghal, the village head, and a Jat, condoned the…
Celebrating Dalit History – The 1873 Namashudra Strike
Today in Dalit History, we honour the Namasudras of present-day Bangladesh, who were Dalits, who played a significant role in the history of three modern nations — Bangladesh, India and Pakistan.
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Celebrating Dalit History – The Power of Phoolan Devi!
Today in Dalit history, we commemorate a Bahujan revolutionary — Phoolan Devi.
When Phoolan was in her teens, she was married off against her will. Escaping an abusive marriage and defying all patr…
Celebrating Dalit History – Dr. C. Parvathamma the First Dalit Woman Sociologist!
Today in Dalit history, we fondly remember Dr. C. Parvathamma, the first Dalit woman sociologist in India who won multiple prestigious awards such as the Rajyothsava Award (1990), Gargi Award (1999…
Celebrating Dalit History – Bhima Koregaon
Today in Dalit History in our inaugural post for Dalit history month 2018 we celebrate the 200th anniversary of the valiant struggle of Mahar soldiers against Peshwa Brahmins in the famous battle o…
Celebrating Dalit History – Matangi, the Dalit Nun from Buddhist Scriptures
Today in Dalit history, we revisit the story of a Matangi bhikkuni (a Nun from the Dalit Matang Caste ) who is also referred to as Prakirti, Chandalika, or just Matangi — in Buddhist scriptures.
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While Dr Ambedkar’s Statues Are Being Broken in India, The University of Melbourne Installed Dr Ambedkar’s Bust [Photos & Video]
Despite most of the Dr Ambedkar’s statues in India are installed by the hard earned money of Dalits, still, they are the one mostly broken by so-called upper castes. It happens just because of the …
1995, Lucknow Guest House Incident, Mayawati’s ‘Final Test of Courage’
As SP-BSP are trying to come together to fight BJP, Brahminical media is doing everything it can to prevent them from joining hands. There hasn’t been a single media in recent days which hasn’t men…
महाड़ सत्याग्रह’ सामाजिक सशक्तिकरण हेतु क्रांतिकारी पहल
भारत मे जबसे आर्यों ने अपना शासन स्थापित किया तबसे शूद्रों पर अत्याचार जारी रखा। हिन्दू आर्यों ने शूद्रों पर अत्याचार की सारी हदें पार कर दिया था। अगर हम आधुनिक काल की भी बात करें तो भी शूद्रों को …
Water and Revolution – Babasaheb Ambedkar and Mahad
If we trace the intellectual history of Babasaheb Ambedkar, we can notice that by the year 1927, he had already read extant theories of many disciplines. He also came up his own theory of caste and…
Remembering Bhikaji Sambhaji Gaikwad – Martyr of the Mahad Satyagraha
On March 20, 1927, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar led the Mahad satyagraha – for drinking water from the Cavdar tank at Mahad. It can be said that Mahad Satyagraha was the beginning of the political as well…
List of Important Days in The Dalit-Bahujan History
January
1 January – Bhima Koregaon
3 January – B’day of Savitribai Phule, first woman teach of India
5 January : B’day of Dr. Bhadant Anand Kausalyayan
8 January – Buddhist Flag Day
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30 November – Remembering Annai Meenambal Sivaraj – First Dalit Woman President of South India Scheduled Castes Federation (SCF)
Annai Meenambal Sivaraj was born into a Dalit family that had migrated from Tamil Nadu to Myanmar. In Rangoon, her family was able to escape the brutality of the caste system and flourish both soci…