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Insult to Dalits’: NDA turns heat on Lalu over Ambedkar video row, RJD hits back • June 14, 2025, 5:51 PM ET (The Indian Express)
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Issue notice to Sharad Pawar again: Ambedkar to Koregaon Bhima Commission of Inquiry • May 30, 2025, 7:06 AM ET (The Indian Express)
West Bengal: After 300 Years, Dalits Finally Enter Gidhagram Temple Amid Anger and Boycott • May 28, 2025, 3:58 AM ET (Frontline Magazine)
Six days after he was thrashed ‘for addressing shopkeeper’s son as beta’, Dalit man dies of injuries in Gujarat’s Amreli • May 24, 2025, 3:31 AM ET (The Indian Express)

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Also Known As Harijan • Depressed Class • Scheduled Caste • untouchable

Did You Know?

  • Upper caste individuals often refuse to buy from the few Scheduled Caste businesses that exist.
  • Police often refuse to prosecute crimes against members of the Scheduled Caste, and they sometimes perpetuate raids and beatings themselves.
  • Within the Scheduled Caste there are also hierarchies.

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Indian socio-politcal reformer B.R. Ambedkar
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
Indian political leader
Jagjivan Ram
Indian politician