HISTORICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES ON DALIT MOVEMENTS IN INDIA LOKESHWARI (original) (raw)

Comprehensive history presents that saga of Dalit people has been suffering from social, economic, religious, political, and various forms of discrimination and atrocities from times immemorial. Such socially implanted caste-based discrimination resulted in number of Dalit movements in India. The paper examines the various forms of the Dalit movement, traces Dalit problems, and their mobilization for the Dalit movement. The paper also brings forth the studies made on such movements. Thus, the paper examines the importance of the Dalit movement in India.