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

Immanuvel Devendrar^[11]

Madurai Veeran, a folk hero of Arunthathiyar origin.^[12]

Music

Sumeet Samos^[13]

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.
↑ 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. 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. Cultural History of Modern India. Bergahn Books.

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[jadhav-1] "Dalit Dreams". Times of India. 16 January 2004. Retrieved 14 September 2016.

[2] Zelliot, Eleanor (2010). "India's Dalits: Racism and Contemporary Change". Global Dialogue. 12 (2). Archived from the original on 2013-04-30.

[3] Scott, D.J. Walter (30 June 2014). "First transgender in Tamil Nadu gets engineering seat". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 July 2017.

[4] "Ashok Tanwar: Keeping promises is the biggest task". GulfNews.com. 6 November 2010. Retrieved 2017-08-04.

[Hegde_2015-5] 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.

[6] "Dalits' dream of Pakistan". DAWN.COM. 9 May 2016.

[Renaissance_Bookshop-7] Heyworth-Dunne, James (1952). Pakistan: the birth of a new Muslim state. University of Michigan: Renaissance Bookshop. p. 173. ASIN B000N7G1MG.

[Routledge_Publishing_Co.-8] 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.

[APH_Publishing_Co.-9] Ahmad, Salahuddin (2004). Bangladesh: Past and Present. New Delhi, India: APH Publishing Co. pp. 19–371. ISBN 978-81-7648-469-5.

[10] "KAMATIPURA (poem) - Namdeo Dhasal - India - Poetry International". www.poetryinternationalweb.net. Retrieved 2017-07-09.

[11] "Freedom fighter, Dalit icon: Remembering Tamil Nadu's Immanuel Sekaran". 11 September 2016.

[12] Vannan, Gokul (18 July 2010). "The story of Madurai Veeran". New Indian Express. Retrieved 2015-04-05.

[13] 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.

[14] "Church hierarchy accused of ignoring attack on Dalit bishop". ucanews.com.

[15] "India's First Dalit Archbishop Holds 'No Grudge' Over Predecessor's Attack". ChristianityToday.com.

[Singh_2015-16] Singh, R. B. "Scheduled Caste Welfare".

[17] Zelliot, Eleanor (2008). "Cokhamela, His Family and the Marathi Tradition". In Aktor, Mikael. From Stigma to Assertion: Untouchability, Identity & Politics in Early & Modern India. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press. p. 86. ISBN 9788763507752.

[18] Guha, Ramachandra (2007). "The Heroic Struggles of the Palwankar Brothers". In Menon, Dilip K. Cultural History of Modern India. Bergahn Books.