Samata Sainik Dal
Abbreviation | SSD |
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Formation | 24 September 1924 |
Founder | Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar |
Type | Ambedkarite volunteer, |
Legal status | Active |
Purpose | Supporting Prabuddha Bharata |
Headquarters | Deekshabhoomi, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India |
Coordinates | 21°7′41″N 79°4′1″E / 21.12806°N 79.06694°E |
Region served | India[1] |
Official language | Hindi 22 Languages of India |
Commander In Chief | Miratai Ambedkar |
Main organ | The Buddhist Society of India |
Affiliations | Scheduled Castes Federation |
Volunteers | Soldiers for social justice and human dignity representative of India’s Depressed class. |
Website | samatasainikdalindia |
Formerly called | Bhimsevak Dal |
Samata Sainik Dal, (Army of Soldiers for Equality[2] or Party of the Fighters for Equality[3]) abbreviated as SSD, is a social organisation founded by B. R. Ambedkar on 24 September 1924 with the objective of safeguarding the rights of all oppressed sections of Indian society.[4][5] All India Equality Force
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Lakhs of people around India gather at Chaitya Bhoomi to pay homage to B R Ambedkar on Mahaparinirvan Din. Volunteers take part in many activities.
Volunteer of Samata Sainik Dal at Chaitya Bhoomi
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar with Samata Sainik Dal at Tadwadi, Bombay in 1938
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar with a group of activists of the Samata Sainik Dal (Social Equality Army)
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar seated between volunteers of 'Samata Sainik Dal'
A group photograph of the soldiers of the 'Samata Sainik Dal' (Social Equality Army). Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar seen the middle of second line
Dr Ambedkar and Dr. Savita Ambedkar with Samata Sainik Dal volunteers at Nagpur
Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar observing Rally of Samata Sainik Dal established at Kamgar Maidan, Parel, Mumbai
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar in a group photograph with activists and soldiers of Samata Sainik Dal
References[]
- ^ "Samta Sainik Dal". Samata Sainik Dal. 17 April 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ Rao, Anupama (2009). The Caste Question: Dalits and the Politics of Modern India. University of California Press. p. 100. ISBN 9780520257610. Retrieved 2012-06-13.
- ^ Jaffrelot, Christophe (2005) [2000]. Dr Ambedkar and Untouchability: Analysing and Fighting Caste (Revised ed.). London: C. Hurst & Co. p. 79. ISBN 9781850654490. Retrieved 2012-06-13.
- ^ Krishan, Shri (2005). Political Mobilization And Identity In Western India, 1934-47. SAGE. p. 200. ISBN 9780761933427. Retrieved 2012-06-13.
- ^ "About". Samata Sainik Dal. 8 November 1936. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ http://ambedkarfoundation.nic.in/html/awards/na16.pdf
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- Organizations established in 1927
- Volunteer organisations in India
- Scheduled Castes
- B. R. Ambedkar
- Dalit politics
- Organisations based in Maharashtra
- Ambedkarites
- 1927 establishments in India