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Kanshi Ram(15 March 1934 – 9 October 2006), also known as Bahujan Nayak[1]or Manyavar, Sahab Kanshiram[2][3]was an Indian politician and social reformerwho worked for the upliftment and political mobilisation of the Bahujans, the backward or lower caste people including untouchable groupsat the bottom of the caste system in India.[4]
Mar 15, 2024 · In modern India, Kanshi Ram stands out as the stalwart who shaped Dalit politics. He gave Dalits a voice and a vehicle for social empowerment, the All India Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation (BAMCEF). Today, he is remembered as a charismatic gentleman, known for his simplicity and the art of sloganeering.
Jan 16, 2020 · Kanshi Ram was born into a Ramdasiya Sikh family in Punjab. Thanks to Sikhism, he faced relatively less caste-based discrimination while growing up and largely remained untouched by harsh atrocities and severe caste conflicts.
Aug 15, 2022 · Kanshi Ram’s biggest success was in creating the bahujan identity that united various marginalised castes—SCs, STs, and OBCs—into one fighting unit. Kanshi Ram, affectionately called Saheb, was...
Oct 23, 2006 · Kanshi Ram: 1934 - 2006. Kanshi Ram was born in 1934 as a Raedasi Sikh, a community of Punjabi Chamars who converted to Sikhism. He was the eldest of a family of seven children and overcame many difficulties to pass his BSc examination.
Mar 16, 2022 · Born on March 15, 1934, in Punjab’s Ropar district, Kanshi Ram was a research assistant at the Pune -based Explosives Research and Development Laboratory in 1964 when he quit with the goal of “building up a social transformation movement”.
Kanshi Ram named his protégée, Mayawati, as his successor in 2001. The BSP has its main base in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh where it was the second-largest party in the 2019 Indian general election with 19.3% of votes [7] and fourth largest in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election with 12.88% of votes. [8]
Oct 10, 2006 · Kanshi Ram, who as the founder of the Bahujan Samaj Party in India achieved some success in mobilizing the voting power of the nation's Dalits, or untouchables, died on Monday in...
Apr 16, 2021 · Kanshiram, considered the messiah of Dalits after Ambedkar, was born on 15 March 1934 in a Dalit Chamar family in the Pirthipur Bunga village, Khawaspur, in the Ropar district of Punjab. He grew up with a love for sports, especially kabaddi and wrestling.
Mar 15, 2024 · Political parties across the ideological spectrum in Uttar Pradesh on Friday paid tribute to Dalit leader and founder of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Kanshi Ram on his birth anniversary.
