Bandi Sailu (1928 – 15 July 2000) or Sayilu Saayilu was a Marxist revolutionary born in a Dalit family in Mandapelli village, Duggondi mandal, Narsampeta Thalukh in the Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
Further, he started first Harijan School in 1912 for the upliftment of Dalit people of his State.He further, instituted scholarships for further studies in in England, America and Japan, particularly in the fields of medicine and science.
In addition to broader Christian themes, Share the Well tackles a variety of social-justice issues, such as hunger and the Dalit's battle for freedom in India.
He is the only one person so far from Dalit communities of Nepal, who was awarded the most coveted rank in the history of SLC Board Examinations, which are known to be the "Iron-Gate" for higher education in Nepal.
Suddenly he saw a chandaala (an outcaste) and his four dogs on the way, and gestured to him to keep a distance, as per the custom in those days.
Right from the inception as a professional Architect, Shri Ranjit Naik had devotedly worked for giving shelter to Nomadic and Dalit people, for Slum Improvement, Slum Upgradation, Slum Redevelopment and Rehabilitation programmes.
Ruplal Bishvakarma (रूपलाल विश्वकर्मा) was a Nepalese communist politician, peasant leader and Dalit activist.
Suraj Pal Chauhan is a Dalit writer and publisher.
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In olden times, the castes which were considered high in the Hindu caste hierarchy i.e. Brahmins, Kshatriyas and Vaishyas, were well-educated and financially sound, while the lower castes i.e. Shudras, Dalits and Adivasis, were discriminated by the upper castes and denied education due to their low birth.
RajshekharVT an eminent Dalit schlor, writer and editor Dalit Voice credited him as Father of Dalits Movements in India.
Bant Singh is a lower caste Mazhabi, Dalit Sikh farmer and singer from the Jhabhar village in Mansa district, Punjab, India, who has emerged as an agricultural labour activist, fighting against the power of the landowner.
Modern Dalit intellectual activists — notably, the journalist Chandra Bhan Prasad — had realised this and were campaigning for a strategy of "Dalit capitalism" that extended the requirement to reserve jobs into the private sector and also sought to empower Dalits by promoting an environment that would enable them to be business owners rather than reliant on others for employment.
The term Dalit Christian (sometimes Christian Dalit) is used to describe those low-caste who have converted to Christianity from Hinduism or Islam and are still categorized as Dalits in Hindu, Christian and Islamic societies in India, Pakistan and other countries.
The Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DICCI) is an Indian association that promotes business enterprises for Dalits.
But the Namdev Dhasal, Raja Dhale and Arun Kamble were the original leaders of Dalit Panther, which saw its heyday in 1970s and through the 80s.
In modern times, the Punjabi Maoist (or Naxalite) revolutionary Dalit poet Sant Ram Udasi, and now his daughter, have challenged the accepted Raja Bhoj - Gangu Teli discourse, portray Gangu Teli as an unwilling victim, coerced and brutalized, and portraying Raja Bhoj as a monster, e.g. the Ballad of Gangu Teli.
At the time of his father’s death, G.V. Chalam was only eight years old.He was brought up by his paternal uncle, Guduru Ramachandra Rao – a Gandhian and a pioneer social reformer who convened the first Adi Andhra Mahajana Sabha in 1917 for the emancipation of the so-called ‘untouchable’ castes, Malas and Madigas of Andhra Pradesh (now known as Dalits).
However, Iyothee Thass was largely forgotten until recent times when the Dalit Sahitya Academy, a publishing house owned by Dalit Ezhilmalai published his writings.
Pratibha Bharati was born into a politically active Dalit family in Kavali in the Srikakulam district.
Marguerite Ross Barnett attributes the Justice party's defeat to two causes - 1) The loss of Dalit and Muslim support and
Dalit activist Bezwada Wilson founded a group in 1994, Safai Karmachari Andolan, to campaign for the demolition of then newly illegal 'dry latrines' and the abolition of manual scavenging.
The Marangál na Dalit ng̃ Katagalugan (English title: Noble Hymn of the Tagalogs) was the historic national anthem of the Tagalog Republic and is considered the first national anthem of the Philippines.
Earlier, a rigid caste system has skewed political freedoms and achievement to the higher classes but Dalit or lower caste populist leaders like Mayawati, Chief Minister of the largest and most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, prove that such social barriers are gradually breaking down.
A statue of Dalit leader Ambedkar has caused controversy, as it stands above the planned metro rail line near Bangalore's Vidhan Soudha.
He led a movement for housing for dalits in Cumbum in that he did a fast unto death that changes scenario of dalit movement in west Prakasam where feudalistics remnants are still there and also he fought for 200 acres of assignment land distribution for dalits, and backward castes in Magutur village, Ardhaveedu mandal.
Haji Mastan Haji Mastan#Rise as the don of Mumbai also had close links with C. Pasupathy Pandiyan from Thoothukudi, a well known Dalit leader with criminal records, for his underworld sea contacts in southern Tamil Nadu.
Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) party deriving strength from vanniars, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katch (VCK) party based on Dalit votes and Puthiya Thamilagam based on another sect of Dalits have been gaining prominence in Tamil Nadu.
Khare’s second research phase (1978-1995) included a series of field research trips for studying, first, urban Indian Dalit (the erstwhile Untouchable) communities and their local leaders and intellectuals; second, issues in anthropology of Indian food systems and food ideologies; and, third, aspects in the intellectual history of anthropology in—and on—India (including the contributions of M. N. Srinivas).
Rettamalai Srinivasan represented the Dalits in the first two round table conferences happened in London(In 1930,1931) along with Dalit leader Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
Her "Prerna Project", on an unusual school for Dalit (or "untouchable") girls in Bihar, won accolades including a National Newspaper Award, an Online News Award, and an honorable mention for a Webby Award.
Khairlanji massacre of Dalit, which refers to the 2006 lynching-style murders of a Dalit family.