Dalit Buddhist movement

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The Dalit Buddhist movement is a social and religious reform movement in India, inspired and led by B. R. Ambedkar, in which Dalits convert to Buddhism to reject caste oppression and assert equality and dignity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist movement
religious reform movement
social movement
aimsAt annihilation of caste
dignity for Dalits
social equality
associatedWith Ambedkarism
surface form: Ambedkarite movement

Dalit movement in India
surface form: Dalit movement

Navayana Buddhism
commemorates Dhammachakra Pravartan Din
coreBelief equality of all humans
rationalist interpretation of Buddhism
rejection of Hindu caste hierarchy
corePractice mass conversion to Buddhism
country India
demographicGroup Neo-Buddhists in India
focusesOn Dalit
surface form: Dalits

Scheduled Castes
follows Navayana Buddhism
surface form: Navayana
founder B. R. Ambedkar
historicalEvent Dalit Buddhist movement self-linksurface differs
surface form: 1956 Dalit mass conversion to Buddhism
ideology anti-caste
egalitarianism
humanism
social justice
influenced Ambedkarism
surface form: Ambedkarite organizations

Dalit literature
Dalit politics in India
influencedBy Buddhist modernism
Indian independence movement
anti-caste thought
inspiredBy B. R. Ambedkar
keyDate 14 October 1956
keyPlace Deekshabhoomi, Nagpur
keyText The Buddha and His Dhamma
languageOfDiscourse Hindi
Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
ledBy B. R. Ambedkar
mainRegion Maharashtra
Western India
opposes caste system in India
untouchability
politicalDimension Dalit rights advocacy
religion Buddhism
Navayana Buddhism
seeksToReform Hindu social order
selfIdentification Dalit Buddhist movement self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ambedkarite Buddhists
symbolicColor blue

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B. R. Ambedkar movement Dalit Buddhist movement
Battle of Koregaon associatedWith Dalit Buddhist movement
this entity surface form: Ambedkarite movement
socially engaged Buddhism hasKeyOrganization Dalit Buddhist movement
this entity surface form: Ambedkarite Buddhist movement
The Buddha and His Dhamma associatedWith Dalit Buddhist movement
this entity surface form: Ambedkarite Buddhism
The Buddha and His Dhamma influenced Dalit Buddhist movement
this entity surface form: Dalit Buddhist movement in India
Dalit Buddhist movement historicalEvent Dalit Buddhist movement self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 1956 Dalit mass conversion to Buddhism
Dalit Buddhist movement selfIdentification Dalit Buddhist movement self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ambedkarite Buddhists
Savita Ambedkar associatedWith Dalit Buddhist movement
this entity surface form: Buddhist conversion movement of 1956