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TagJhalkari Bai – A Legendary Dalit Woman Warrior
Our first Dalit History month post is about the legendary Jhalkari Bai. She was a legendary Dalit woman warrior who played a crucial role in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 during the battle of Jhansi…
30th March in Dalit History
21st March in Dalit History
Check also – 20th March in Dalit History – Mahad Satyagraha
1st Global Conference on Defending Dalit Rights at Washington, DC (USA)
Dalit Global Conference on Defending Dalit Rights – March 19-21, 2015 – Trinity Washington University in NE Washington, DC (USA). Several notable activists and thought leaders in the realm of huma…
Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar’s Fight for Women’s Rights
Cartoon published in Shankar’s Weekly in December 1949. Dr Ambedkar holding the hand of a little girl named Hindu code bill and leading her towards the Parliament and a Brahmin holding an axe in ha…
Holi – A Festival To Commemorate Bahujan Burning
Holi – What is it and how did it originate?
It is well known that Holi forms one of the important festivals among the Hindus. It is supposed to be festival of Shudras, and is one of the three most…
How Much Dalits Suffered Because of Hindu Caste System
Here is a list of brutal casteist practices, many of which can still be seen in various parts of the country.
Source – Following excerpt is from “Manu and the Shudras” book by Dr Ambedkar, appeare…
किसकी चाय बेचता है तू – ब्रजरंजन मणि
किसकी चाय बेचता है तू
~ ब्रजरंजन मणि
अपने को चाय वाला क्यूँ कहता है तू
बात-बात पे नाटक क्यूँ करता है तू
चाय वालों को क्यों बदनाम करता है तू
साफ़ साफ़ बता दे किसकी चाय बेचता है तू !
खून लगाकर अंगूठे प…
What are the Prospects of Democracy in India? – By Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
The subject assigned to me is, “What are the prospects of democracy in India?” Most Indians speak with great pride as though their country was already a democracy. The foreigners also, when they si…
The 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 can…
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…
26 facts you need to know about 26th January – Indian Republic Day
- On 29 August, 1947, the constituent assembly set up a drafting committee under the Chairmanship of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar to prepare a draft constitution for India. While deliberating upon the draft…
Dr. Ambedkar wallpaper/photos for Republic Day
This Cartoon, which was published in the year 1950, on 24th January, that is two days before the first Indian Republic day, in The Hindustan Times, drawn by the famous Cartoonist Enver Ahmed . Car…
24th January in Dalit History – Gandhi was shown black flags in Nagpur by the Ambedkarites
24 January 1938: Dr. Ambedkar spoke on Small Holder’s Bill in Bombay Legislative Assembly.
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24 January 1942: Gandhi was shown black flags in Nagpur by the Ambedkarite movement…
HMT watches honored Dr. B. R. Ambedkar in 1991 – Few rare pictures
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar was honored by the HMT company through wrist watches on birth centenary year, 1991, of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
Also Watch – Tribute to Dr Ambedkar at Columbia University (US…