Dalits and the Democratic Revolution: Dr Ambedkar and the Dalit Movement in Colonial India

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SAGE Publications, Apr 22, 1994 - Political Science - 348 pages
An AltaMira Press Book This important volume traces the history of the Dalit movement form its origins to the death of its most famous leader, B.R. Ambedkar, in 1956. Focusing on three states-Andhra, Maharashtra, and Karnataka-the author skillfully analyzes the ideology and organization of the movement and its interaction both wiht the freedom struggle and the class struggles of the workers and peasants.

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Caste Region and Colonialism The Context
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List of Tables
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activists Adi-Andhra Adi-Hindu agricultural labourers All-India alliance Ambedkar Ambedkarite anti-caste anti-imperialist areas argued Aryan autonomy B.R. Ambedkar Bahishkrut base Bombay Presidency Boyi Bhimanna Brahman British Buddhism capitalist caste Hindus caste system centre claim coastal Andhra communists conference Congress cultivators cultural Dalit movement Delhi Depressed Classes district dominant elite exploitation feudal force Gandhi Gandhian Gandhism Harijan Hinduism Holeyas Hyderabad Ibid ideology independent Independent Labour Party India industrial issues Janata jatis Kammas Karnataka Kisan Sabha Kunbis land landlords leaders leadership liberation low castes Madigas Madras Maharashtra Mahars Mahasabha major Maratha Marathwada Marxism mass militant Muslims Mysore Nagpur nationalist non-Brahman movement oppression organizing party period Phule Political Weekly Poona programme radical Ranga reform region represented revolution rural Samaj Sangh satyagraha Scheduled Caste Federation Shudras social socialist society struggle Telengana traditional untouchables upper caste Venkatrao Venkatswamy village Volume workers and peasants

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About the author (1994)

Dr. Gail Omvedt has been living in India since 1978, became an Indian citizen in 1983, and works as a freelance writer and development consultant. She has also worked actively with various social movements including the Dalit and anti-caste movements, farmers’ movements, environmental movement and especially with rural women. Besides having undertaken many research projects, Dr Omvedt has been a consultant for FAO, UNDP and NOVIB and has served as a Dr Ambedkar Chair Professor at NISWASS in Orissa, a Professor of Sociology at the University of Pune and an Asian Guest Professor at the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Copenhagen. She is currently a Senior Fellow at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library and Research Director of the Krantivir Trust. A prolific writer, Gail Omvedt has published a large number of books including Dalit Visions (1975), Violence against Women: New Theories and New Movements in India (1991) and Dalits and Democractic Revolution (1994) besides having translated Growing up Untouchable in India: A Dalit Autobiography. She is currently engaged in translating Tukaram, considered to be the greatest Marathi writer of all time.

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TitleDalits and the Democratic Revolution: Dr Ambedkar and the Dalit Movement in Colonial India
AuthorGail Omvedt
PublisherSAGE Publications, 1994
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized28 Aug 2008
ISBN0803991398, 9780803991392
Length348 pages
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