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Oct 9, 2020 · The Thakur community has dominated the social and political landscape of northern India in general and UP in particular. In terms of sheer numbers, the caste composition of the village where the incident took place is an indication of the same. Out of the 600 families living in the village, nearly half are Thakurs, another 100 happen to be ...
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Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura was one of Īśvaracandra Vidyāsāgara’s first students, whom he held in great affection. One day, Bhaktivinoda visited the great scholar in his house in Calcutta. Vidyāsāgara Mahāśaya said to him, “Since none of us has ever seen God, it is best that we not talk about him.”.
- Emergence of Bhim Army
- ‘We Are Not Weak’
- Emboldened Thakur Caste
- Dalit Voices Grow Louder
The Dalit group shot into the limelight after it objected to a rally held by the more priviledged Thakur caste in Shabbirpur village in Saharanpur district on May 5 to commemorate the medieval-era Rajput warrior-king Maharana Pratap. After scuffles between the two groups, the Thakurs torched dozens of Dalit houses. A temple of Sant Ravidas, a Dalit...
On Wednesday, the government headed by the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) suspended internet services in Saharanpurto check rumours or protest organising from spreading on social media. Paramilitary forces have been rushed to the region, which is known for inter-community conflicts. Saharanpur alone witnessed 544 communal flare-ups between 2010 and 20...
One of the first Dalit political mobilisations in the country was started in western Uttar Pradesh in the 1970s by Kanshi Ram, who founded the BSP. The party’s main leader, Mayawati, herself a Dalit, has been UP’s chief minister four times, last serving between 2007 and 2012. Dalits form 21 percent of the state’s population of 200 million. For the ...
In recent years, Dalits have been raising their voices for a life of dignity. Massive protests by Dalits erupted last year in the western state Gujaratafter Dalit youth were flogged publicly for skinning a dead cow. “It is not merely an expression of Dalits defending themselves against upper castes, but an assertion of and by Dalits against the rel...
Mar 30, 2022 · Harichand Thakur was born in 1812 in Orakandi in Bangladesh in a peasant farmer family of the Thakur community (SC community). Thakur, whose family were Vaishnavite Hindus, founded a sect of Vaishnavite Hinduism called Matua. This was adopted by members of the Namasudra community, who were then also known by the common pejorative name of ...
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Jul 1, 2015 · The other reason why no party wanted to field a candidate against it was under the belief that none, regardless of what they did, would win it. The Shiv Sena, the BJP, the Congress, the NCP – all which had political relationships with Hitendra Thakur one time or the other, left the field open to her – no contest.
May 17, 2017 · Mimo, one of the Dalit residents, told me that around 30 men belonging to the Thakur community immediately took out a bike procession through the Dalit neighbourhood, shouting abusive slogans against Ambedkar and Ravidas—“dhi-choda Ravidas, yahin bajega DJ.” Phalli and other Dalit women told me that the Thakurs damaged the gate of the Ravidas temple, broke the fingers of Ravidas’ statue and then urinated on it.
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Rajput (from Sanskrit rājaputra meaning "son of a king"), also called Thakur, [ 5 ] is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating from the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. The term Rajput covers various patrilineal clans historically ...
