List of Dalits
Following is a list of notable Dalit people organised by profession, field, or focus.
Academics
- B.R. Ambedkar, jurist
- Narendra Jadhav, economist, writer and educationist[1]
- Satyendra Murli, researcher, media pedagogue and journalist[2][3].
Cinema And Television
- Chirag Paswan, Actor and now a politician.[4][5]
- Tun Tun, Notable actress and Comedian of Hindi Cinema.[6]
Activists
- Gopal Baba Walangkar[7]
- Grace Banu, Dalit and transgender activist; first transgender person in state of Tamil Nadu be admitted to an engineering college[8]
- Immanuvel Sekaran[9]
Politicians
- Ashok Tanwar,[10] President of Haryana Congress, former Member of Parliament.
- Jagjivan Ram, Dalit leader, Indian freedom fighter and founder of Depressed Class Association.[11][12]
- Kanshi Ram, Founder of Bahujan Samaj Party and a Dalit Leader.[13]
- B. Shyam Sunder, founder of Bharatiya Bhim Sena[14]
- Jogendra Nath Mandal,[15] one of the central figures in creation of the state of Pakistan; later a government minister
- Thol. Thirumavalavan, Current President of the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi, Member of Parliament in 15th Lok Sabha
- Andimuthu Raja, Member of Parliament in 15th Lok Sabha, Former cabinet minister for Communication and Information Technology minister
- Ram Vilas Paswan, 8 Times Member of Parliament and many times Minister in Central Government. Founder and President of Lok Janshakti Party.[16]
- Sushilkumar Shinde, Former Union Minister of Home Affairs (India).[17]
Literature
- Namdeo Dhasal, Marathi poet and writer from Maharashtra[18]
Music
Religion and reform
- Gallela Prasad, fourth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuddapah, in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India[20]
- Marampudi Joji, third Archbishop of Hyderabad[21]
- Bhagu, devotee of Rama[22]
Sports
- Vithal Palwankar, cricketer[23]
References
- ^ "Dalit Dreams". Times of India. 16 January 2004. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ https://thewire.in/media/a-largely-upper-caste-media-is-not-good-for-indias-democracy
- ^ https://www.firstpost.com/india/dalits-in-media-feel-the-sting-of-caste-discrimination-1029885.html
- ^ "Is the BJP Using Chirag Paswan to Reduce Nitish Kumar's Clout in Bihar?". The Wire. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Son of the Dalit leader and founderand president of Ram Vilas Paswan.
- ^ https://www.forwardpress.in/2015/02/dalits-in-indian-cinema/
- ^ Zelliot, Eleanor (2010). "India's Dalits: Racism and Contemporary Change". Global Dialogue. 12 (2). Archived from the original on 2013-04-30.
- ^ Scott, D.J. Walter (30 June 2014). "First transgender in Tamil Nadu gets engineering seat". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ "Freedom fighter, Dalit icon: Remembering Tamil Nadu's Immanuel Sekaran". 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Ashok Tanwar: Keeping promises is the biggest task". GulfNews.com. 6 November 2010. Retrieved 2017-08-04.
- ^ "INDIEN : In den Staub - DER SPIEGEL 35/1979". www.spiegel.de. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- ^ The Dalit who was not allowed to sit with the Upper Castes had passed Matriculation from Benaras Hindu University. From Untouchables "Chamars" to Minister of India. Jagjivan Ram :- The Dalit Leader of India ISBN Special:BookSources/81-7041-496-2 by S.R, Bakshi-https://books.google.com/books?id=n9td-jPgcIwC&pg=PP1&dq=Jagjivan+Ram#v=onepage&q=&f=false, published 1992.
- ^ "Kejriwal to visit BSP founder Kanshi Ram's family". Hindustan Times. 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- ^ Hegde, Sanjay (14 April 2015). "There were some Dalit leaders like B. Shyam Sunder, who vociferously said: "We are not Hindus, we have nothing to do with the Hindu caste system, yet we have been included among them by them and for them."". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ^ "Dalits' dream of Pakistan". DAWN.COM. 9 May 2016.
- ^ "'Ram Vilas Dalit face wherever you go, Jitan Ram Manjhi can be Mahadalit face'". The Indian Express. 2015-07-29. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- ^ DelhiAugust 5, Krishna Kumar New; August 6, 2012UPDATED:; Ist, 2012 08:47. "Family retainer with Dalit card". India Today. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
{{cite web}}:|first3=has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "KAMATIPURA (poem) - Namdeo Dhasal - India - Poetry International". www.poetryinternationalweb.net. Retrieved 2017-07-09.
- ^ Samos, Sumeet (2017-10-22). "Rapper Sumeet Samos Narrates A Short Story of Caste Based Institutional Discrimination In JNU - The Companion". The Companion. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
- ^ "Church hierarchy accused of ignoring attack on Dalit bishop". ucanews.com.
- ^ "India's First Dalit Archbishop Holds 'No Grudge' Over Predecessor's Attack". ChristianityToday.com.
- ^ Zelliot, Eleanor (2008). "Cokhamela, His Family and the Marathi Tradition". In Aktor, Mikael (ed.). From Stigma to Assertion: Untouchability, Identity & Politics in Early & Modern India. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press. p. 86. ISBN 9788763507752.
- ^ Guha, Ramachandra (2007). "The Heroic Struggles of the Palwankar Brothers". In Menon, Dilip K. (ed.). Cultural History of Modern India. Bergahn Books.