00000nam a22000008i 4500 20260913094711.0 260919s2018 ii 00 0 eng d 9789388162272 DS480.45.A53 2018 954.035 23 Sanjeev Anand Ambedkar and Dalit Movement / Sanjeev Anand. New Delhi 2018. 240 pages Ambedkar was a Dalit leader, influential during the colonial era and post-independence period of India. He was the fourteenth child in an impoverished Maharashtra Dalit family, who studied abroad, returned to India in the 1920s and joined the political movement. His focus was social and political rights of the Dalits. The Dalit Buddhist movement (also known as Neo-Buddhist movement) is a socio-political movement by Dalits in India started by B. R. Ambedkar. It radically re-interpreted Buddhism and created a new school of Buddhism called Navayana. The movement has sought to be a socially and politically engaged form of Buddhism. The movement was launched in 1956 by Ambedkar when nearly half a million Dalits – formerly untouchables – joined him and converted to his Navayana Buddhism. It rejected Hinduism, challenged caste system and promoted the rights of the Dalit community. The movement also rejected the teachings of traditional Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana sects of Buddhism, and took an oath to pursue a new form of engaged Buddhism as taught by Ambedkar. This important book traces the history of the Dalit movement from its beginning in the 19th century to the death of its most famous leader, B.R. Ambedkar, in 1956 Ambedkar, B. R. (Bhimrao Ramji), 1891-. Dalits--Political activity--India--History--20th century. India--Politics and government--20th century. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination bisacsh