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27th May (1935) in Dalit History – Death anniversary of Mata Ramabai Ambedkar
27th May (1935) in Dalit History – Death anniversary of Mata Ramabai Ambedkar
Ramabai Ambedkar’s parents died when Ramabai was in her childhood, leaving behind two small brothers to take care of. …
24th May in Dalit History – Death Anniversary of Sant Ramanand Ji and Attack on Shri Guru Ravidass temple in Vienna (Austria)
On the 24th of May, 2009, six Jat Sikhs (upper castes) men armed with daggers and guns entered the Shri Guru Ravidass Gurdwara in Vienna (Austria), and started shooting, aiming at the two visiting …
22nd May in Dalit History – Birth Anniversary of Bhagya Reddy Varma (Madari Bhagaiah) – Father of The Dalit Movement in Andhra Pradesh(United)
Remember Bhagya Reddy Varma (May 22, 1888 – July 2, 1950) the “Father of Dalit Movement in Andhra Pradesh” on his birth anniversary 22nd May. His original name was Madari Bhagaiah and he was the fo…
20th May in Dalit History – Birth Anniversary of Iyothee Thass – Great Social reformer and Buddhist Scholar
Lest We forget – Iyothee Thass (1845 – 1914)
Introduction
Iyothee Thass was an intellectual and social critic of 19 – 20 century Tamilnadu. In the primordial collective consciousness of the Dravi…
15th May in Dalit History – Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar published Annihilation Of Caste
On 15th May, 1936 Babasaheb Ambedkar published Annihilation Of Caste book. Dr. Ambedkar was scheduled to deliver this speech to a conference in Lahore, but could not. The conference organizers canc…
What Merit? In Punjab, Class 12th, Dalit Girl got 7th position and a Muslim Girl became topper
In the latest declared result of class 12th by Punjab School Education Board, in which more than 3 Lakh students appeared, a Dalit girl, named Namrata, from Jalandhar has 443 marks out of 450 in th…
5th May in Dalit History – Death Anniversary of Iyothee Thass – Great Social reformer and Buddhist Scholar
This article was first posted at Round Table India and is written by Bala J.
We may say that great minds think alike when two scholars who lived in two different times and places reach a similar co…
PM Modi – Lord Buddha died when someone hit a nail on his ear!
Everyone knows that last year during election campaigns Modi had said Taxila was part of Bihar. But in reality, Taxila, which is in Pakistan, is nowhere near Bihar! Next in the election campaign Mo…
IIT – JEE 2015 Topper Ashish Gawai belongs to Dalit-Buddhist community
Buldhana’s Ashish Gawai, 17 is now All India Topper in JEE Mains 2015. What merit these Brahmins and so called upper castes talk about? All this smashes the fake logic of so called upper castes pe…
22nd April in Dalit History – Death anniversary of Babu Mangu Ram Mugowalia – Founder of Ad-Dharmi Movement
Mangoo Ram was born on January 14, 1886 , in village Mugowal, Hoshiarpur district, where this father,Harman Dass, had left the traditional Chamar caste occupation of training and preparing hides an…
21st April (2010) in Dalit History – Mirchpur Dalits Killings
A perpetual war is going on every-day in every village between the Hindus and the Untouchables. —Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Mirchpur, a village in district Hissar of Haryana. On the morning of 21 April, 20…
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Dalit History Month – Remembering Dalit Women’s Declaration
Today, in Dalit History we explore the Dalit Women’s Declaration at the Hague. In March 2006, After international advocacy that began as early as 1996, over 200 gathered at the historic Hague Confe…
When Dr. Ambedkar topped on Google Search and Twitter Trends
On 14th April, 2015 Dr. Ambedkar’s birthday was celebrated all over the world. Google dedicated doodle on Dr. Ambedkar its homepage and same was displayed in 7 countries across three continents – A…
Dalit History Month – Remembering Ayyankali
Today in Dalit History we honor Ayyankali, the Dalit firebrand in Kerala who fought Caste apartheid through innovation and resistance that inspires even till today. A contemporary of Ambedkar he wa…