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Kanshi Ram (15 March 1934 – 9 October 2006), also known as Bahujan Nayak [1] or Manyavar, Sahab Kanshiram [2] [3] was an Indian politician and social reformer who worked for the upliftment and political mobilisation of the Bahujans, the backward or lower caste people including untouchable groups at the bottom of the caste system in India. [4]
Bahujan is a Pali term frequently found in Buddhist texts, with a literal meaning of "the many", or "the majority".In a modern context, it refers to the combined population of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, Muslims, and minorities, who together constitute the demographic majority of India.
Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar, President of Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi, former Parliamentarian [70] Ashok Tanwar, President of Haryana Congress, former Member of Parliament [71] Ram Ratan Ram, Member of Parliament 1984-1989, MLA and Minister in Bihar State 1952-1984 [72] Kanshi Ram, founder of Bahujan Samaj Party, a Dalit leader and Bahujan Nayak of ...
Bahujan Samaj Party was founded on the birth anniversary of B. R. Ambedkar (14 April 1984) by Kanshi Ram, [16] who named former school teacher, Mayawati, as his successor of BSP in 2001. [17] The party's power grew quickly with seats in the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh and the Lok Sabha , the lower house of the Parliament of India .
After visits in the late 1970s by Dharmachari Lokamitra from UK, supporters developed a two-pronged approach: social work through the Bahujan Hitaj (also spelled as Bahujan Hitay) trust, mainly sponsored from the general public by the British Buddhist-inspired Karuna Trust (UK), and direct Dharma work. Currently the movement has viharas and ...
Akashavani, meaning "celestial voice", is the All India Radio (AIR), a National Public Service Broadcaster [7] which was established in 1930 [8] with the motto 'Bahujan Hitaya : Bahujan Sukhaya'. Living up to this motto, AIR has been serving the nation's masses in the fields of education, information and entertainment; it is one of the largest ...
The term "Nayak" is derived from the Sanskrit word Nāyaka, meaning "leader" or "governor." The rise of the Nayak family to power occurred after the death of King Vira Narendrasinha, who left no legitimate heir. As a result, the throne passed to his brother-in-law, Sri Vijaya Rajasinha, who was crowned in 1739. [1]
The title is closely related to Naidu, Nayudu, Nayaka and Nayak. Nayak words contains prestigious meaningful terms Justice, Honesty, Fairness, Rightness, Hero, Country, Honour, Courage, Brave. In Telugu regions and Tamil Nadu it refers to the Balija (caste),Golla (caste), Velama (caste),and the Kamma (caste). Southern India splitand ruled under ...