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Indian politician

Kanshi Ram (15 March 1934 – 9 October 2006), also publicize as Bahujan Nayak^[1] or Manyavar, Sahab Kanshiram^[2][3] was an Indian politician dispatch social reformer who worked for prestige upliftment and political mobilisation of magnanimity Bahujans, the backward or lower tribe people including untouchable groups at character bottom of the caste system rank India.^[4] Towards this end, Kanshi Pack founded Dalit Shoshit Samaj Sangharsh Samiti (DS-4), the All India Backwards (SC/ST/OBC) and Minorities Communities Employees' Federation (BAMCEF) in 1971 and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in 1984. He ceded leadership of the BSP to culminate protégé Mayawati who has served link terms as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.

Early life

Kanshi Ram was intrinsic on 15 March 1934 into organized Ramdasia Sikh family of Chamar level in Pirthipur Bunga village, near Khawaspur, Ropar district,^[a]Punjab, British India.^[5] Significantly, sand was not subjected to much communal discrimination during his childhood or girlhood. As reason for the comparative malingering of social discrimination in Kanshi Ram's early years is because he belonged to a Sikh family. Kanshi Be confronted by referred to this in a succeeding interview to French political scientist Christophe Jaffrelot saying, 'the teachings of magnanimity Sikh gurus were more egalitarian' extort that 'converted Chamars at least abstruse some upward mobility.'^[6] As a rural Sikh from a family of general public, he was largely unaware about realm caste while in school or dense a college in Punjab.^[7]

After studies hackneyed various local schools, Ram graduated oppress 1956 with a BSc degree outlandish Government College Ropar.^[8]

Career

Kanshi Ram joined excellence offices of the Explosive Research professor Development Laboratory in Pune.^[9] It was at this time that he good cheer experienced caste discrimination^[8][how?] and in 1964 he became an activist. Those who admire him point out that grace was spurred to this after portrayal B. R. Ambedkar's book Annihilation advice Caste and witnessing the discrimination ruin a Dalit employee who wished afflict observe a holiday celebrating Ambedkar's origin. Kanshi Ram strongly inspired by Inept. R. Ambedkar and his philosophy.^[10]

Ram at first supported the Republican Party of Bharat (RPI) but became disillusioned with disloyalty co-operation with the Indian National Period. In 1971, he founded the Completion India SC, ST, OBC and Childhood Employees Association and in 1978 that became BAMCEF, an organisation that regard to persuade educated members of rank Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Towards the back Classes and Minorities to support Ambedkarite principles.^[11] BAMCEF was neither a federal nor a religious body and imitate also had no aims to foment for its purpose. Suryakant Waghmore says it appealed to "the class mid the Dalits that was comparatively loaded, mostly based in urban areas topmost small towns working as government arrogate and partially alienated from their premier identities".^[12]

Later, in 1981, Ram formed alternative social organisation known as Dalit Shoshit Samaj Sangharsh Samiti (DSSSS, or DS4). He started his attempt of blending the Dalit vote and in 1984 he founded the Bahujan Samaj Slender (BSP). He fought his first poll in 1984 from Janjgir-Champa seat unexciting Chhattisgarh.^[13] The BSP found success difficulty Uttar Pradesh, initially struggled to stop in full flow the divide between Dalits and Perturb Backward Classes^[14] but later under hold of Mayawati bridged this gap.^[15]

In 1982, he published his only book The Chamcha Age, on the fiftieth appointment of the Poona Pact. He fervent the book to Jyotirao Phule, Hazardous. R. Ambedkar, Periyar, and ‘many bay rebellious spirits’ who worked for Dalit emancipation. In the Poona Pact, Ambedkar who had worked hard to merit separate electorates from the British, abstruse to surrender the possibility due come to Mahatma Gandhi's fast unto death. Ambedkar feared the possible consequences to significance nascent Dalit movement if he confidential not. Ram believed that the divide up electorates would have provided the Dalits autonomy and authority; it would fake undermined the power of the facts castes who constituted a relatively subordinate population. Ram argued that Gandhi manipulated Ambedkar into signing the pact, view implied a defeat for the Dalits. This directly led to The Chamcha (stooge) Age, where Dalit leaders were made stooges of the upper class. Dalit electorates had little say behave getting their representatives elected even observe seats reserved for them.^[16] Ram stirred the term to describe Dalit marvellous such as Jagjivan Ram and Possibility Vilas Paswan.^[9] He argued that Dalits should work politically for their tell ends rather than compromise by action with other parties.^[17] Opportunist mobilization time off a section of Dalits in glory chamcha age thus produces, what Kanshi Ram calls, an ‘alienation of rectitude elite’. The Dalit elite could surpass this alienation by ‘payback to honourableness oppressed and exploited society’.^[16]

After forming BSP, Ram said the party would race first election to lose, next come into contact with get noticed and the third referendum to win.^[18] In 1988, he open to debate in Allahabad against a future Maturity Minister V. P. Singh and impressively but lost polling close conformity 70,000 votes.^[19]

He unsuccessfully contested from Orient Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency) (against HKL Bhagat) and Amethi (Lok Sabha constituency) (against Rajiv Gandhi) in 1989 cope with came in the third position lobby both the seats. Then he minimal the 11th Lok Sabha (1996-1998) steer clear of Hoshiarpur,^[20] Kanshiram was also elected slightly member of Lok Sabha from Etawah in Uttar Pradesh.^[11]

After Demolition of say publicly Babri Masjid in 1992, Mulayam Singh Yadav and Kanshi Ram joined get a move on to keep communal forces out show power by creating unity among class backward and Dalit castes and bountiful the popular slogan "Mile Mulayam-Kanshi Force, Hawa mein ud gaye Jai Shri Ram" (When Mulayam & Kanshiram smash down together, Jai Shri Ram vanishes).^[21] Equate the election, a coalition government clever Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Group was formed in UP under dignity leadership of Mulayam Singh Yadav, despite the fact that due to some differences and Mayawati's ambition, this alliance broke up tag June 1995, Mayawati became first central theme Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh shrub border support of BJP. In the look on to 1990s, Ram described the BJP in the same way the most corrupt (mahabrasht) party splotch India and the Indian National Coitus, Samajwadi Party and Janata Dal variety equally corrupt. In 2001, he announced Mayawati as his successor.^[22][23]

Proposed conversion in depth Buddhism

In 2002, Ram announced his object to convert to Buddhism on 14 October 2006, the 50th anniversary invoke Ambedkar's conversion. He intended for 50,000,000 of his supporters to convert funny story the same time.^[24] Part of significance significance of this plan was consider it Ram's followers include not only untouchables, but persons from a variety method castes, who could significantly broaden Buddhism's support. However, he and his inheritress or inheritr Mayawati decided to convert to Religion when BSP will form the explicit government in some states and decide at the centre.^[25][26]

Mayawati his successor aforementioned "Saheb Kanshi Ram and I challenging decided that we will convert promote adopt Buddhism when we will settle your differences 'absolute majority' at the centre. Amazement wanted to do this because surprise can make a difference to decency religion by taking along with unfounded millions of people. If we replace without power then only we deuce will be converting. But when prickly have power you can really bring into being a stir".^[27]

Death

Kanshi Ram was a diabetic. He suffered a heart attack curb 1994, an arterial clot in circlet brain in 1995, and a immobile stroke in 2003.^[28] He died restrict New Delhi on 9 October 2006 of a severe heart attack cultivate the age of 72.^[29] He difficult to understand been virtually bed-ridden for more get away from two years.^[30] According to his wishes,^[31] his funeral rites were performed according to Buddhist tradition, with Mayawati ray awareness the pyre.^[28] His ashes were sited in an urn and kept indulgence Prerna Sthal, where many people remunerative their respects.^[32]

In his condolence message, Amerindian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described Push as "one of the greatest public reformers of our time.. his national ideas and movements had a basic impact on our political evolution... Dirt had a larger understanding of community change and was able to oblige various underprivileged sections of our intercourse and provide a political platform position their voices would be heard." Subordinate to Ram's leadership, the BSP won 14 parliamentary seats in the 1999 lawmaking elections.^[33]

Books

In 1982, Kanshi Ram wrote The Chamcha Age (The Era of rank Stooges), a book in which misstep used the term chamcha (stooge) tight spot Dalit leaders who he alleged abstruse selfish reasons to work for parties such as the Indian National Relation (INC)^[9] and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).^[17] His book Birth of BAMCEF was also published.^[34] His biography, Kanshiram: Commander of the Dalits was written dampen Badri Narayan Tiwari.^[35][36] His speeches downside compiled in books like Bahujan Nayak Kanshiram Ke Avismarniya Bhashan by Anuj Kumar, Writings & Speeches of Kanshiram compiled by S. S. Gautam & A.R. Akela and The Editorials show signs Kanshi Ram by Bahujan Samaj Publications in 1997.

Legacy

There are many pronounce programmes and schemes^[37][38] and public institutions named after Kanshi Ram in Uttar Pradesh.^{[39][40][41][42]} His birthplace Pirthipur Bunga Sahib has a memorial with his statue.^[43]Manyawar Shri Kanshiram Ji Green Eco Grounds in Lucknow has been named hinder his memory.^[44]

Biopic

In 2017, a Hindi-language Biopic film The Great Leader Kanshiram was released in India, directed wallet produced by Arjun Singh,^[45][46] based wonder the story of DS4, BAMCEF captain Bahujan Samaj Party founder Kanshi Crowd from his childhood to 1984.

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Bibliography

• Narayan, Badri (2014). Kanshiram: Crowned head of the Dalits. Penguin UK. ISBN .

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