List of Dalits
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Following is a list of notable Dalit people organised by profession, field, or focus.
Academics[]
- B.R. Ambedkar, economist and reformer
- Mata Prasad, Former Chairman of Union Public Service Commission
- Narendra Jadhav, economist, writer and educationist[1]
- Satyendra Murli, researcher, media pedagogue and journalist.[2][3]
Judiciary[]
- Justice K.G Balakrishnan Former Chief Justice of India. Served as Chairman, National Commission for Human Rights, Chief Justice of Madras & Gujarat High court's,Acting Governor of Gujarat, Judge of Kerala High court.
- Justice C T.Ravikumar Judge Supreme Court of India
Cinema and television[]
- Chirag Paswan, actor and politician.[4][5]
- Tun Tun, actress and comedian of Hindi cinema.[6]
- Pa. Ranjith, director and filmmaker.[7]
- Kalabhavan Mani, actor and singer.[8]
- P.K. Rosy, First heroin in Malayalam cinema
Activists[]
- Ayyankali , Indian social reformer
- Nawab Satpal Tanwar, Bhim Sena chief (founder and national president of Bhim Sena)
- Gopal Baba Walangkar[9]
- Immanuvel Sekaran[10]
- Anand Teltumbde[11]
- Rettamalai Srinivasan
- Meena Kandaswamy, Poet and dalit activist[12]
Politicians[]
Presidents and Vice-Presidents[]
- K. R. Narayanan, the 10th president of India (1997–2002) and 9th vice president of India (1992–1997)
- Ramnath Kovind, current and 14th President of India[13]
Prime Ministers and deputy Prime Ministers[]
- Jagjivan Ram, Dalit leader, deputy prime minister of india, Indian freedom fighter and founder of Depressed Class Association.[14][15][16]
Speakers of Lok Sabha[]
- Meira Kumar, Speaker of Lok Sabha.[17]
- Suraj Bhan, Deputy Speaker Of Lok Sabha, Governor of Himachal Pradesh and UP, Bihar
Members of Parliament (Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha)[]
- B. R. Ambedkar, first Law minister, and father of the Indian constitution
- , youngest minister and Rajya Sabha Member.
- Jogendra Nath Mandal,[18] one of the central figures in creation of the state of Pakistan; later a government minister
- Thol. Thirumavalavan, president of the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi, 2 times Member of Parliament and current MP.
- Ram Vilas Paswan, 8 times Member of Parliament and many times Minister in Central Government. Founder and President of Lok Janshakti Party.[19]
- Sushilkumar Shinde, Chief Minister Of Maharashtra and Union Minister of Home Affairs (India).[20]
- Baleshwar Ram, Union Minister, Government of India.
- Thawar Chand Gehlot, minister of social justice and empowerment
- Rattan Lal Kataria, Minister of state of Jal Shakti, Social Justice and Empowerment
- Mayawati, Ex-Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and President of the Bahujan Samaj Party
- A. Raja, Former Central Minister, 5 times MP and Deputy General Secretary of DMK.
- Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar, President of Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi, Former Parliamentarian.[21]
- Ashok Tanwar,[22] President of Haryana Congress, former Member of Parliament.
- D. Raja, General Secretary Of The Communist Party of India
- B. Shyam Sunder, founder of Bharatiya Bhim Sena[23]
Chief Ministers[]
- Mayawati Ex Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
- Damodaram Sanjivayya, 2nd Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.[24]
- Ram Sundar Das, Chief Minister, Bihar.
- Bhola Paswan Shastri, Chief Minister of Bihar
- Jagannath Pahadia, Chief Minister of Rajasthan
- G. Parameshwara, Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka
- Jitan Ram Manjhi, Ex-Chief Minister of Bihar
- Kadiyam Srihari, Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana
- K. Narayana Swamy, Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
- Charanjit Singh Channi, Chief minister of Punjab
Members of the State Legislative assembly/council (MLA and MLC)[]
- Gulabo Devi, Member of Uttarpradesh Legislative assembly;Minister of State of Secondary Education in the Uttar Pradesh Government.
- Dinesh Choudhary, Member of Uttarpradesh Legislative assembly
- Rajkumar Badole, Member of Maharashtra Legislative assembly
- Yashwant Ambedkar, Member of Maharashtra Legislative council
Others[]
- Kanshi Ram, founder of Bahujan Samaj Party, a Dalit Leader and Bahujan Nayak of India.[25]
- Bangaru Laxman, President of Bharatiya Janta Party.[26]
- Kirpa Ram Punia, a Dalit leader, a former IAS officer, and a politician[27]
Literature[]
- Baburao Bagul, Marathi writer
- Daya Pawar, Padma Shri awarded Marathi writer and poet
- Heera Dom, Bhojpuri poet
- Lal Singh Dil, Punjabi poet[28]
- Namdeo Dhasal, Marathi poet and writer from Maharashtra[29]
- Yashica Dutt, Indian writer and journalist [30]
- Neerav Patel (1950–2019)
- Om Prakash Valmiki, Hindi poet and writer
- P. Sivakami, Dalit-Feminist Tamil writer[31]
Music[]
- Sumeet Samos[32]
- Ilaiyaraja
- Ramchandra Manjhi
- Chamkila
Religion and reform[]
- Gadge Maharaj, Indian mendicant-saint and social reformer and father of Cleanliness Mission in India.
- Gallela Prasad, fourth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuddapah, in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India[33]
- Marampudi Joji, third Archbishop of Hyderabad[34]
- Bhagu, devotee of Rama[35]
- Chokhamela
- Harichand Thakur, established the Matua sect of Vaishnavite Hinduism
Sports[]
- Vinod Kambli , Former Indian Cricketer
- Vithal Palwankar, cricketer[36]
References[]
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- ^ "'A largely Upper-caste Media is Not Good for India's Democracy'". The Wire. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
- ^ "Dalits in media feel the sting of caste discrimination". Firstpost. 2013-08-13. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
- ^ "Is the BJP Using Chirag Paswan to Reduce Nitish Kumar's Clout in Bihar?". The Wire. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
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- ^ चैहान, Jitesh Singh Chauhan जीतेश सिंह (2015-02-01). "Dalits in Indian cinema". Forward Press. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
- ^ "I don't want to be known as a Dalit filmmaker: Kabali director". Indian Express. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ "Kalabhavan Mani could sing, dance and act with his entire body".
- ^ Zelliot, Eleanor (2010). "India's Dalits: Racism and Contemporary Change". Global Dialogue. 12 (2). Archived from the original on 2013-04-30.
- ^ "Freedom fighter, Dalit icon: Remembering Tamil Nadu's Immanuel Sekaran". 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Anand Teltumbde: Cards and letters for jailed India scholar as he turns 70". 1 September 2020.
- ^ Stancati, Margherita (2011-01-23). "A Female Dalit Poet Fights Back in Verse". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
- ^ Najar, Nida (20 July 2017). "India Picks Ram Nath Kovind, ' as President". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ "Jagjivan Ram". www.spiegel.de. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
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- ^ Bakshi, S. R. (1992-01-01). Jagivan Ram: The Harijan Leader. South Asia Books. ISBN 978-81-7041-496-4.
- ^ Kumar, Krishna (August 5, 2012). "Congress may project Meira Kumar as Bihar CM candidate". Deccan Herald.
- ^ "Dalits' dream of Pakistan". DAWN.COM. 9 May 2016.
- ^ "'Ram Vilas Dalit face wherever you go, Jitan Ram Manjhi can be Mahadalit face'". The Indian Express. 2015-07-29. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- ^ Kumar, Krishna (August 5, 2012). "Family retainer with Dalit card". India Today. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- ^ "Vemula's mom, brother embrace Buddhism on Ambedkar Jayanti". 15 April 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Kumar, Krishna (August 5, 2012). "Former Chief Minister Damodaram Sanjivayya's Birth Anniversary Celebrated". Indian Express.
- ^ "Kejriwal to visit BSP founder Kanshi Ram's family". Hindustan Times. 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- ^ "Who was Bangaru Laxman?". India Today. 1 March 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
...Bangaru Laxman was born in a Madiga Dalit family..
- ^ "Former Haryana Minister K R Punia joins Cong". 22 June 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
...Mr Punia was a Dalit leader and he enjoyed the support of Dalit mass base...
- ^ Maitreya, Yogesh (5 August 2019). "Dalit writing, global contexts: Re-examining the legacy of Lal Singh Dil, Punjab's 'Poet of the Revolution'". Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "Kamatipura (poem)". www.poetryinternationalweb.net. Retrieved 2017-07-09.
- ^ "Hiding myself and coming out as a Dalit was a privileged decision: Yashica Dutt". The Indian Express. 2020-01-29. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
- ^ "Bureaucracy treated me like an untouchable: Ex-IAS officer Sivakami (IANS Interview)". 4 February 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ 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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