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Swami Achootanand and his ‘Aadi Hindu’ movement

Between Jotirao Phule-led renaissance and Bhimrao Ambedkar-led political revival, there was Swami Achootanand who nurtured the young Dalit movement. He termed Dalits India’s indigenous Hindus and launched a struggle for their rights

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Mohandas Nemishrai

Mohandas Nemishrai, the editor of the well-know Dalit magazine Bayan, is counted among top Dalit litterateurs. Besides poems, short stories and novels, he has written many books on literary criticism.

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