List of Dalits
Following is a list of Dalit people organised by profession, field, or focus.
Academics
- Narendra Jadhav, Indian economist, writer and educationist [1]
- B. R. Ambedkar, jurist, economist, politician and social reformer
Activists
- Gopal Baba Walangkar[2]
- Grace Banu, Dalit and transgender activist; first transgender in state of Tamil Nadu be admitted to an engineering college[3]
Governance
- Mayawati, Four time Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
- Ashok Tanwar,[4] President of Haryana Congress, former Member of Parliament
- Ram Vilas Paswan, President of the Lok Janshakti Party, eight time member of Lok Sabha
- Kanshi Ram, Founder of Bahujan Samaj Party
- B. Shyam Sunder, Founder of Bharatiya Bhim Sena[5]
- Jogendra Nath Mandal,[6] was one of the central and leading Founding Fathers[7][8] of modern state of Pakistan, and legislator serving as country's first minister of law and labour, and also was second minister of commonwealth and Kashmir affairs.[9]
Literature
- Namdeo Dhasal, Marathi poet and writer from Maharashtra.[10]
Military
- Madurai Veeran, a folk hero of Arunthathiyar origin.[12]
Music
Religion and reform
- Gallela Prasad, the fourth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuddapah, in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.[14]
- Marampudi Joji, the third Archbishop of Hyderabad.[15]
- Rettamalai Srinivasan, Dalit Activist, politician, freedom fighter and founder of Paraiyar Mahajana Sabha
- Giani Ditt Singh, Started Singh Sabha Movement to bring dalits of Punjab to sikh-fold.[16]
- Bhagu, a devotee of Krishna[17]
Sports
- Vithal Palwankar, Cricketer[18]
References
- ^ "Dalit Dreams". Times of India. 16 January 2004. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ Zelliot, Eleanor (2010). "India's Dalits: Racism and Contemporary Change". Global Dialogue. 12 (2). Archived from the original on 2013-04-30.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Scott, D.J. Walter (30 June 2014). "First transgender in Tamil Nadu gets engineering seat". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ "Ashok Tanwar: Keeping promises is the biggest task". GulfNews.com. 6 November 2010. Retrieved 2017-08-04.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Heyworth-Dunne, James (1952). Pakistan: the birth of a new Muslim state. University of Michigan: Renaissance Bookshop. p. 173. ASIN B000N7G1MG.
- ^ Tai Yong Tan, Gyanes Kugaisya (2000). The Aftermath of partition in South Asia:Pakistan. London, UK.: Routledge Publishing Co. pp. ix-327. ISBN 0-203-45766-8.
- ^ Ahmad, Salahuddin (2004). Bangladesh: Past and Present. New Delhi, India: APH Publishing Co. pp. 19–371. ISBN 978-81-7648-469-5.
- ^ "KAMATIPURA (poem) - Namdeo Dhasal - India - Poetry International". www.poetryinternationalweb.net. Retrieved 2017-07-09.
- ^ "Freedom fighter, Dalit icon: Remembering Tamil Nadu's Immanuel Sekaran". 11 September 2016.
- ^ Vannan, Gokul (18 July 2010). "The story of Madurai Veeran". New Indian Express. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Singh, R. B. "Scheduled Caste Welfare".
- ^ 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.