List of Dalits
Following is a list of notable Dalit people organised by profession, field, or focus.
Academics
- Narendra Jadhav, Indian economist, writer and educationist[1]
- Satyendra Murli, researcher, media pedagogue and journalist[2][3]
Activists
- Gopal Baba Walangkar[4]
- Grace Banu, Dalit and transgender activist; first transgender person in state of Tamil Nadu be admitted to an engineering college[5]
Politicians
- Ashok Tanwar,[6] President of Haryana Congress, former Member of Parliament
- B. Shyam Sunder, founder of Bharatiya Bhim Sena[7]
- Jogendra Nath Mandal,[8] one of the central figures in creation of the state of Pakistan; later a government minister
Literature
- Namdeo Dhasal, Marathi poet and writer from Maharashtra[9]
Music
Religion and reform
- Gallela Prasad, fourth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuddapah, in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India[11]
- Marampudi Joji, third Archbishop of Hyderabad[12]
- Bhagu, devotee of Krishna[13]
Sports
- Vithal Palwankar, cricketer[14]
References
- "Dalit Dreams". Times of India. 16 January 2004. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- https://thewire.in/media/a-largely-upper-caste-media-is-not-good-for-indias-democracy
- https://www.firstpost.com/india/dalits-in-media-feel-the-sting-of-caste-discrimination-1029885.html
- 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.
- "KAMATIPURA (poem) - Namdeo Dhasal - India - Poetry International". www.poetryinternationalweb.net. Retrieved 2017-07-09.
- 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.
- Zelliot, Eleanor (2008). "Cokhamela, His Family and the Marathi Tradition". In Aktor, Mikael (ed.). 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. (ed.). Cultural History of Modern India. Bergahn Books.
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