Remembering Ambedkar's water satyagraha
- 8 years ago
On Dr. BR Ambedkar's 125th birth anniversary, watch the story behind his historic act of leading 4000 Dalits to drink water from a prohibited tank in Maharashtra.
Dalits were barred from accessing public utilities until 1923, when the CK Bole resolution was passed.
The returning Dalit congregation was attacked brutally by upper-castes, but drinking Chavdarís water was an assertion of their rights. To mark this watershed event in Dalit history, thousands march to Mahad every year, keeping the memory of this water satyagraha alive.
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Dalits were barred from accessing public utilities until 1923, when the CK Bole resolution was passed.
The returning Dalit congregation was attacked brutally by upper-castes, but drinking Chavdarís water was an assertion of their rights. To mark this watershed event in Dalit history, thousands march to Mahad every year, keeping the memory of this water satyagraha alive.
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