Indian social organization
The Bhim Sena , alternatively Bheem Sena ,[ 2] or Akhil Bhartiya Bhim Sena , abbreviated as ABBS , lit. "All India Ambedkar Army", is an Ambedkarite social organization working for the rights of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes , Other Backward Classes and religious minorities in India under the leadership of the organisation’s national president Satpal Tanwar .[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] The organisation is pro reservation and is named after B. R. Ambedkar .[ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
Historical background
On 1 October 2010, Gurgaon, Haryana 's Satpal Tanwar founded Bhim Sena as a volunteers corps, seeking self-defence and equality which asserted that dalits are mool bharatis (the original inhabitants of India).[ 10] [ 11] [ 12]
On 29 May 1972, on similar patterns Dalit Panthers was founded in Maharashtra .[ 10] [ 13] First ever dalit volunteer organization was Samata Sainik Dal formed in 1927 by B. R. Ambedkar .[ 14] In 1907, Ayyankali Pada was created by dalit reformer Ayyankali in Kerala .[ 15]
References
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^ "No vote for netas against reservation, declares Bhim Sena" . The Times of India . 5 November 2018. ISSN 0971-8257 . Retrieved 30 October 2024 .
^ a b Vundru, Nawab Satpal Tanwar (9 June 2017). "Ambedkar's armies" . The Indian Express . Retrieved 22 August 2018 .
^ Omvedt, Gail (30 January 1994). Dalits and the Democratic Revolution: Dr Ambedkar and the Dalit Movement in Colonial India . SAGE Publications India. ISBN 9788132119838 .
^ Dalits and Human Rights: Dalits: the broken future . Gyan Publishing House. 2005. ISBN 9788182052741 .
^ "Excerpt: Dalit Panthers; An Authoritative History by JV Pawar" . Hindustan Times . 19 January 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018 .
^ "Bhima Koregaon violence: Dalit student, injured in clashes, discharged from hospital" . The Indian Express . 6 March 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018 .
^ "Ayyankali: Pioneer Of Radical Revolt Against Brahmanism In Kerala" . Countercurrents . 19 January 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2018 .
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