A majority of communities of the country have been victims of exploitation and oppression that is not only social and economic but also cultural. The dominant Manuvadi culture has tried to destroy their traditions and festivals. It has belittled and, in many cases, villainized their heroes. With more and more people receiving education, these communities are gradually awakening and digging up their lost traditions and heroes. The objective behind this Bahujan Calendar is to aid in this excavation of sorts
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Bahujan calendar
Savitribai Phule
January
Date
Occasion
1 January 1818
Battle of Bhima Koregaon
1 January 1848
The Phule couple opens the first Indian school for girls
3 January 1831
Savitribai Phule's birth anniversary (‘Education for All’ Day)
12 January 1972
Chandrika Prasad Jigyasu's death anniversary (he was born in 1885, but the date is unknown)
13 January 1785
Tilka Manjhi martyrdom day
24 January 1924
Karpuri Thakur's birth anniversary
26 January 1950
Constitution of India implemented
29 January 1904
Jogendra Nath Mandal's birth anniversary
February
Date
Occasion
2 February 1922
Jagdeo Prasad's birth anniversary
2 February 1949
Motiravan Kangali's birth anniversary
7 February 1993
Lalai Singh Yadav's death anniversary
11 February 1750
Tilka Manjhi's birth anniversary
14 February 1887
B.A. Santram's birth anniversary
17 February 1879
Poykayil Appachan's birth anniversary
19 February 1630
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
birth anniversary
Poornima (Full-moon day) of Shukla Pakshya, in the month of Magh (Vikram Sambat calendar); usually falls in January or February
Raidas' birth anniversary
23 February 1873
Sant Gadge's birth anniversary
March
Date
Occasion
4 March 1921
Phanishwar Nath Renu's birth anniversary
6 March 1968
Sahodaran Ayyappan's death anniversary
10 March 1897
Savitribai Phule’s death anniversary
15 March 1934
Kanshi Ram's birth anniversary
20 March 1927
Mahad Satyagraha anniversary
23 March 1931
Bhagat Singh martyrdom day
23 March 1910
Ram Manohar Lohia's birth anniversary
Jotiba Phule and B.R. Ambedkar
April
Date
Occasion
3 April 1680
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj death anniversary
4 April 1890
Jhalkaribai martyrdom day
5 April 1908
Babu Jagjivan Ram's birth anniversary
11 April 1827
Jotirao Phule's birth anniversary
11 April 1977
Phanishwar Nath Renu's death anniversary
11 April 1943
Lal Singh Dil's birth anniversary
14 April 1891
Ambedkar's birth anniversary
Chaitya Shukla Asthami (Vikram Sambat calendar); usually falls in the month of April
Ashok's birth anniversary
Vaisakh Shukla Tritiya (Vikram Sambat calendar); usually falls in April
Basava's birth anniversary
May
Date
Occasion
1 May
International Labour Day
5 May 1914
Iyothee Thass's death anniversary
6 May 1922
Shahuji Maharaj's death anniversary
6 May 1879
Achootanand's birth anniversary
11 May 1952
Bodhanand’s death anniversary
15 May 1936
Dr B.R. Ambedkar's treatise Annihilation of Caste published
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