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Ambedkar was born into a Mahar (dalit) caste, who were treated as untouchables and subjected to socio-economic discrimination. [11] Ambedkar's ancestors had long worked for the army of the British East India Company , and his father served in the British Indian Army at the Mhow cantonment. [ 12 ]
The untouchables of the village requested him to spend the night with them, but as the "tonga walas" (one-horse carriage drivers) considered it below their dignity to cart an untouchable, the villagers were forced to hire a carriage and drive it themselves, which they proceeded to do; however, the untouchable driving the carriage was ...
Untouchables were forced to not wear good clothes but for Ambedkar, the suit was a strategy for political resistance, an assertion of power, a means to break the caste barrier in a society that is caste ridden.
The Untouchables, a 1957 autobiography by Eliot Ness and Oscar Fraley; The Untouchable, a 1997 roman à clef by John Banville; The Untouchables: Who Were They? And Why they Became Untouchables, a 1948 history book by B. R. Ambedkar
The term Dalit is a self-applied concept for those called the "untouchables" and others that were outside of the traditional Hindu caste hierarchy. [6] [7] Economist and reformer B. R. Ambedkar (1891–1956) said that untouchability came into Indian society around 400 CE, due to the struggle for supremacy between Buddhism and Brahmanism. [8]
Samagra Ambedkar Charitra (Vol. 1–24) [14] Asprushya Mulche Kon Ani Te Asprushya Kase Banale? (Marathi translation of The Untouchables: Who Were They are Why The Become Untouchables) Aikyach Ka? Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkaranche Akherche Sansadiy Vichar (Last thoughts of Dr. Ambedkar on Parliamentary Affairs)
The 1995-96 Kentucky Wildcats basketball team was one of the most dominant in history. Deemed "The Untouchables," the team only lost two games all season en route to winning the national title ...
Ambedkar delivering speech during conversion, Nagpur, 14 October 1956. After publishing a series of books and articles arguing that Buddhism was the only way for the Untouchables to gain equality, Ambedkar publicly converted on 14 October 1956, at Deekshabhoomi, Nagpur, over 20 years after he declared his intent to convert. Around 365,000 of ...