Emancipation of Dalits and Freedom Struggle - Hardcover

The book analyses political and social transition at the juncture of Indian Independence in 1947 from the British to Indians, with a view of Dalits, who got initial emancipation under the British rule from Hindu Varna system and Brahmanical Tyranny. The book highlights the issues of untouchability, Mahar Movement, Mahatma Gandhi, Mahatma Phule and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar., , Contents:- Contents, Prefaace 9, 1. India on the Eve of Independence 13, Caste-Colonization-The British East India, Company- The Sepoy Mutiny 1857-The End of, British East India Company-The British Raj., Nationalism in India- Mohandas Karamchand, Gandhi-Satyagraha-Khilafat Movement-, Dandi March-World War II and Quit India, Movement-The Partition of India-The, Freedom Movement., 2. Chokhamela and Eknath Protests on, Untouchability 41, Chokhamela-The Role of Bhakti Movement-, Rise of Ambedkar as Mahar Leader-Conversion, to Budhism-Eknarth-Eknath's Bharuds, (Drama Poems)-Ekanths Compassion-, Pandharpur Pilgrimate., 3. Mahar and Non-Brahman Movements in, Maharashtra 73, Leadership Released from Traditional Service-, Grievances Understood by Both Elite and Mass-, Legitimization-Brokers-Communication and, Protection., 4. Untouchability, then and Now 93, Untouchables during the Islamic and the British, Period-The Search for a New Name-Dr., Ambedkar and a New Vision-Abolition of, Untouchability-Reservation in Services-, Performance of Legislators-Atrocities and, Harassment-Sweepers and Scavangers, 5. The Untouchables to Dalit Transition 123, The Untouchables-The Dalits-Initiation of the, Dalit Movement-Jotiba Govind Phule., 6. The Life and Mission of Ambedkar 147, Mythso of Origin and Heroism-Chokhamela, the, Mahar Saint-The Use of Myth and Legend-, Ambedkar and the Mythic Past-Ambedkar's, Image and the Mahar Stereotype-Ambedkar's, Gudiding Principles-The Mahar in the Early, Twentieth Century-Ambedkar's Leadership: the, Southborough-Testimony and its, Ramifications-Ambedkar's Leadership: The, Mahad Conferenc