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| Article Name : | | | HUMAN RIGHTS OF DALITS | | Author Name : | | | E. Lenin | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-3512 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | Dalit consciousness in India that originated, among others, from the acute discontent of the Dalits with their wretchedness, could not remain dormant. This widespread feeling was manifested through several organizations and struggles for the emancipation of Dalits. With the passage of time, it became increasingly vocal, vigorous and effective. It started with Khalasi's demand for a lota for drinking water and the following Mutiny in 1857, and culminated in the commencement of the Constitution of India in 1950 and conversion to Buddhism in 1956 of B.R. Ambedkar and his followers. This span of hundred years was full of struggles and achievements of the human rights of the Dalit movement. The study of the Dalit movement for human rights would not be complete unless the chronology of events and achievements of the same are not duly recorded. Therefore, this paper attempts to enumerate in brief certain important events and achievements of the Dalit movement for human rights. Untouchability is a multi- faceted phenomenon. It includes within its scope social discrimination, religious restrictions, educational deprivation, economic exploitation and political persecution. This Paper also attempts to state the events and achievements respectively pertaining to the human rights of the Dalits. | | Keywords : | | |
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