Description:This is a classic monograph on the Mahar movement in western India. It documents the social and political forces that shaped Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891-1956), the greatest leader of the Dalits, and the manner in which Ambedkar shaped the destiny of the Dalits of Maharashtra and India. Zelliot chronicles the movement from its origins with the first Mahar petition in 1890 till its culmination in the mass conversion to Buddhism in 1956. She describes the defining influences of the pre-Ambedkar leadership, the Mahar army tradition, the cult of the COkhamela, the Mahad satyagraha, the temple-entry movements, the various newspapers Ambedkar edited, the Round Table conferences and the political parties Ambedkar founded. Using a wide array of primary sources, she offers a rich history of one of modern India's most defining movements. In its scope and depth as a single-cast history, Ambedkar's World remains as yet unsurpassed.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Ambedkar's World: The Making of Babasaheb and the Dalit Movement. To get started finding Ambedkar's World: The Making of Babasaheb and the Dalit Movement, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
445
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Navayana Publishing Pvt Ltd
Release
2013
ISBN
8189059548
Ambedkar's World: The Making of Babasaheb and the Dalit Movement
Description: This is a classic monograph on the Mahar movement in western India. It documents the social and political forces that shaped Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891-1956), the greatest leader of the Dalits, and the manner in which Ambedkar shaped the destiny of the Dalits of Maharashtra and India. Zelliot chronicles the movement from its origins with the first Mahar petition in 1890 till its culmination in the mass conversion to Buddhism in 1956. She describes the defining influences of the pre-Ambedkar leadership, the Mahar army tradition, the cult of the COkhamela, the Mahad satyagraha, the temple-entry movements, the various newspapers Ambedkar edited, the Round Table conferences and the political parties Ambedkar founded. Using a wide array of primary sources, she offers a rich history of one of modern India's most defining movements. In its scope and depth as a single-cast history, Ambedkar's World remains as yet unsurpassed.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Ambedkar's World: The Making of Babasaheb and the Dalit Movement. To get started finding Ambedkar's World: The Making of Babasaheb and the Dalit Movement, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.