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In a letter dated 12 December 1935, the secretary of the Jat-Pat Todak Mandal (Society for the Break Up of Caste system), an anti-caste Hindu reformist organization based in Lahore, invited Dr.Ambedkar to deliver a speech on the caste system in India at their annual conference in 1936. [2]
The Poona Pact represented a clash between two contrasting views: Gandhi's emphasis on caste reform through social and spiritual means and Ambedkar's insistence on addressing caste as a political issue. Ambedkar argued that political democracy would be meaningless without the equal participation of the depressed classes. [11]
Bahishkrit Hitakarini Sabha (Hindi: बहिष्कृत हितकारिणी सभा) is a central institution formed by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar for removing difficulties of the untouchables and placing their grievances before government. In order to bring about a new socio-political awareness among the untouchables, Dr.Babasaheb ...
[280] [281] [282] Anti-caste activists like Ambedkar called the Arzal caste among Muslims as the equivalent of Hindu untouchables, [279] as did the British ethnographer Herbert Hope Risley. [ 283 ] In Bengal , some Muslims refer to the social stratification within their society as qaum (or Quoms), [ 273 ] a term that is found among Muslims ...
Ambedkar's World: The Making of Babasaheb and the Dalit Movement Eleanor Zelliot: Untouchable Spring G. Kalyana Rao Understanding Caste: From Buddha To Ambedkar And Beyond Gail Omvedt: Seeking Begumpura Dalit Visions (Tracts for the Times) Ambedkar: Towards an Enlightened India Father May Be an Elephant and Mother Only a Small Basket, But...
Aj (Hindi: आज, romanized: Āja, lit. 'Today') is a Hindi language daily broadsheet newspaper in India, currently published from 12 cities in the Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand states. The main edition is published in Varanasi. The newspaper was founded by a freedom fighter named Shiv Prasad Gupta.
Social reformers are individuals who actively challenge and seek to change societal norms and structures that perpetuate inequality and injustice. Their work addresses systemic issues such as caste discrimination, gender bias, economic disparity, and access to education and healthcare.
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Bhīmrāo Rāmjī Āmbēḍkar; 14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956) was an Indian economist, jurist, social reformer and political leader who chaired the committee that drafted the Constitution of India based on the debates of the Constituent Assembly of India and the first draft of Sir Benegal Narsing Rau.