Dalit movement in India

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anti-caste movement civil rights movement political movement social movement

The Dalit movement in India is a social and political struggle led by historically oppressed castes to challenge caste-based discrimination, assert dignity and rights, and transform Indian society toward equality and social justice.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Dalit movement	6
Dalit rights movement	1

Statements (99)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	anti-caste movement ⓘ civil rights movement ⓘ political movement ⓘ social movement ⓘ
aimsTo	abolish untouchability ⓘ achieve social justice ⓘ assert dignity of Dalits ⓘ end caste-based discrimination ⓘ secure equality before law ⓘ transform caste hierarchy ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
focusesOn	Dalits NERFINISHED ⓘ Scheduled Castes NERFINISHED ⓘ other historically oppressed castes ⓘ
hasImportantEvent	Bhima Koregaon commemorations ⓘ Dalit Panthers formation ⓘ Kalaram Temple entry movement ⓘ Mahar Satyagraha NERFINISHED ⓘ Mandal Commission implementation ⓘ Poona Pact negotiations NERFINISHED ⓘ Rohith Vemula protests NERFINISHED ⓘ Una flogging protests NERFINISHED ⓘ adoption of the Constitution of India ⓘ implementation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act ⓘ mass conversion to Buddhism in 1956 ⓘ rise of Bahujan Samaj Party ⓘ
hasKeyConcept	Ambedkarite ideology ⓘ Bahujan politics NERFINISHED ⓘ Dalit feminism NERFINISHED ⓘ Dalit identity ⓘ Dalit literature NERFINISHED ⓘ affirmative action ⓘ annihilation of caste ⓘ anti-Brahminism ⓘ anti-discrimination law ⓘ anti-untouchability ⓘ atrocities prevention ⓘ caste census ⓘ caste-based violence ⓘ constitutional rights ⓘ constitutionalism ⓘ conversion as resistance ⓘ economic justice ⓘ educational access ⓘ grassroots mobilization ⓘ human rights ⓘ identity politics ⓘ intersectionality ⓘ land rights ⓘ political representation ⓘ redistributive justice ⓘ reservation in education ⓘ reservation in legislatures ⓘ reservation in public employment ⓘ reservation policy ⓘ secularism ⓘ self-respect ⓘ social dignity ⓘ social equality ⓘ social reform ⓘ
hasKeyOrganization	All India Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ Ambedkarite Buddhist organizations NERFINISHED ⓘ Bahujan Samaj Party NERFINISHED ⓘ Dalit Panthers NERFINISHED ⓘ Dalit Shoshan Mukti Manch NERFINISHED ⓘ National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights NERFINISHED ⓘ Republican Party of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy	B. R. Ambedkar NERFINISHED ⓘ Buddhist egalitarian ideas ⓘ Jyotirao Phule NERFINISHED ⓘ Periyar E. V. Ramasamy NERFINISHED ⓘ Savitribai Phule NERFINISHED ⓘ anti-colonial nationalism ⓘ modern human rights discourse ⓘ
opposes	caste system ⓘ caste-based exclusion ⓘ caste-based violence ⓘ discrimination in access to public spaces ⓘ discrimination in education ⓘ discrimination in employment ⓘ social segregation ⓘ untouchability ⓘ
relatedTo	Article 17 of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act NERFINISHED ⓘ anti-discrimination law in India ⓘ human rights movement in India ⓘ labor movement in India ⓘ reservation system in India ⓘ women's movement in India ⓘ
usesStrategy	coalition-building ⓘ electoral politics ⓘ legal activism ⓘ literary expression ⓘ mass mobilization ⓘ religious conversion ⓘ social reform campaigns ⓘ street protests ⓘ unionization ⓘ