Dalit History
Tag13th March in Dalit History – All India Samta Sainik Dal (Soldiers For Equality) Foundation Day – March 13, 1927
13th March in Dalit History – All India Samta Sainik Dal (Soldiers For Equality) Foundation Day – March 13th, 1927
The core principle of All India Samta Sainik Dal is to establish the “Equality” am…
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…
5th February in Dalit History – Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Asked Economic Assistance From Government
5 February 1852: Mahatma Jyotiba Phule asked economic assistance from Government for his educational institutions.
Among the documents at the Mumbai Archives is an application dated 5 February 185…
4th February in Dalit History – Dr. Ambedkar Met Gandhi in Yervada Jail
04 February 1933: Dr. Ambedkar met Gandhi in Yervada Jail.
Dr. Ambedkar was accompanied by S N Shivtarkar, Dolas, Upsaham, Kowly, Ghorpade and Keshavrao Jedhe. In a happy mood, Gandhi got up and …
31st January in Dalit History – Baba Saheb Ambedkar Started Mooknayak Newspaper
31 January 1920: Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar started ‘Mooknayak’ newspaper.
Chatrapati Shahuji Maharaj had donated Rs 2500 as seed money to start Mooknayak (Leader of the Dumb). This Marathi weekly pa…
Winston Churchill on Untouchables
As world remembers Winston Churchill on his 50th death anniversary, I remember his views on ‘Untouchables‘ with few pictures and text taken from Winston Churchill’s speech at Albert Hall, London, 1…
Dr. Ambedkar on Gandhi
Some parts of the speech –
“As I met Mr. Gandhi in the capacity of an opponent, I’ve a feeling that I know him better than most other people, because he had openly real fangs to me, and I could se…
30th January in Dalit History – All India Schdeuled Caste Federation Conference was held at Kanpur
30 January 1944: All India Schdeuled Caste Federation Conference was held at Kanpur under the chairperson-ship of N Shivraj.
This was the second such conference of the federation and it went on til…
29th January in Dalit History – Birth Anniversary of Jogendranath Mandal
Today is the birth anniversary of Mahapran Jogendernath Mandal (1904-1968) a man today largely forgotten except living in the imagination of Bahujan community was a learned person from Bengal. As t…
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…
26th January in Dalit History – Constitution of India came into force ending Manusmriti/Vedic laws
26 January 1950: The Constitution of India came into force ending the British Sovereignty over India as a Dominion status. Dr. B R Ambedkar is the Father of the Constitution of India and who gave t…
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…
22nd January in Dalit History – Periyar was sentenced to undergo imprisonment for the publication of his book ‘Ponmozhigal’ (Golden sayings)
22 January 1932: Birth of Vasant Moon.
Vasant Moon was born in Nagpur city of Maharashtra state. Since his childhood he lived in the proper upbringing. In Maharpura area of Nagpur, he completed his…
17th January in Dalit History – Periyar linked caste to religion
17 Jan 1971: Periyar linked caste to religion in the following lines:
Though I have endeavored all along to abolish caste, as far as this country is concerned, this has meant I carry out the propa…
16 January in Dalit History – Dr. Ambedkar: I am not asking for any special favour
16 January 1930: Periyar returned from Malaya to Tamil Nadu.
16 January 1931: Dr. Ambedkar commented on the Report of subcommittee no VII (defense) at the round table conference in London.
Dr…