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Dalit History Month – Remembering Jogendra Nath Mandal
Today in Dalit History we focus on the powerful legacy of freedom fighter Jogendra Nath Mandal. His crucial role in the founding of India and Pakistan came from his strategic position as the sig…
Al Jazeera Show on Dalit History Month – India’s ‘untouchables’ reclaim the past
In case you missed last night Al Jazeera Show on India’s untouchables reclaiming the past with Dalit History Month, here is the recording of the same. Please watch and share it with your friends.
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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…
Dalit History Month – Inspirational Living Smile Vidya
Today in Dalit History we honor the inspirational Living Smile Vidya. An activist, actress and author, Living Smile Vidya has transformed trans politics in India through the fearlessness of her wor…
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…
Dalit History Month – Remembering Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar
Dalit History today is honored to write a post on our dear Babasaheb on this special day. While to the most of the world, Dr. B. R Ambedkar is known as the architect of the Indian constitution, a…
Dalit History Month – Remembering Shantabai Krishnaji Kamble
Today’s #DalitHistory month we honor Shantabai Krishnaji Kamble, a Dalit woman writer and teacher. Autobiography is a key form of Dalit literature as we were locked out of many of our larger cultur…
Dalit History Month – Remembering Purna Malavath and Anand Kumar
Today in Dalit History we focus on Purna Malavath, an Adivasi girl from Telangana, and Anand Kumar, a Dalit boy from Khammam, who in a historic feat for Indian mountaineering became two of the youn…
Dalit History Month – Remembering Mahatma Jotiba Phule
Today in Dalit History, in honor of Mahatma Phule Jayanthi, or birthday, we dedicate our post to Jyotirao Phule – an activist, a thinker, and a social revolutionary of the nineteenth century.
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The Greatness of Mahatma Jotiba Phule
An Introduction:
In India, Maharashtra a state with cultural heritage and is also land of social thinkers, social reforms and social revolutionaries who have not only molded and enriched all facets…
Dalit History Month – Remembering "Adi Movements"
Today’s Dalit History month post is on the Adi-movements of the 1920’s. For Dalit history, ‘Adi’ ideologies are highly significant as they bear testament to our earliest assertion of equal rights…
Special programme on Dr B R Ambedkar by DD News
Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar