Dalit Buddhist movement

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The Dalit Buddhist movement is a social and religious reform movement in India, inspired and led by B. R. Ambedkar, in which Dalits convert to Buddhism to reject caste oppression and assert equality and dignity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist movement ⓘ
religious reform movement ⓘ
social movement ⓘ
aimsAt annihilation of caste ⓘ
dignity for Dalits ⓘ
social equality ⓘ
associatedWith Ambedkarite movement ⓘ
linked to: Ambedkarism

Dalit movement ⓘ
Navayana Buddhism ⓘ
commemorates Dhammachakra Pravartan Din ⓘ
coreBelief equality of all humans ⓘ
rationalist interpretation of Buddhism ⓘ
rejection of Hindu caste hierarchy ⓘ
corePractice mass conversion to Buddhism ⓘ
country India ⓘ
demographicGroup Neo-Buddhists in India ⓘ
focusesOn Dalits ⓘ
linked to: Dalit

Scheduled Castes ⓘ
follows Navayana ⓘ
linked to: Navayana Buddhism
founder B. R. Ambedkar ⓘ
historicalEvent 1956 Dalit mass conversion to Buddhism ⓘ
ideology anti-caste ⓘ
egalitarianism ⓘ
humanism ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
influenced Ambedkarite organizations ⓘ
linked to: Ambedkarism

Dalit literature ⓘ
Dalit politics in India ⓘ
influencedBy Buddhist modernism ⓘ
Indian independence movement ⓘ
anti-caste thought ⓘ
inspiredBy B. R. Ambedkar ⓘ
keyDate 14 October 1956 ⓘ
keyPlace Deekshabhoomi, Nagpur ⓘ
keyText The Buddha and His Dhamma ⓘ
languageOfDiscourse Hindi ⓘ
Marathi ⓘ
linked to: Marathi language
ledBy B. R. Ambedkar ⓘ
mainRegion Maharashtra ⓘ
Western India ⓘ
opposes caste system in India ⓘ
untouchability ⓘ
politicalDimension Dalit rights advocacy ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Navayana Buddhism ⓘ
seeksToReform Hindu social order ⓘ
selfIdentification Ambedkarite Buddhists ⓘ
symbolicColor blue ⓘ

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B. R. Ambedkar → movement → Dalit Buddhist movement ⓘ
Battle of Koregaon → associatedWith → Ambedkarite movement ⓘ
linked to: Dalit Buddhist movement
socially engaged Buddhism → hasKeyOrganization → Ambedkarite Buddhist movement ⓘ
linked to: Dalit Buddhist movement
The Buddha and His Dhamma → associatedWith → Ambedkarite Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Dalit Buddhist movement
The Buddha and His Dhamma → influenced → Dalit Buddhist movement in India ⓘ
linked to: Dalit Buddhist movement
Dalit Buddhist movement → historicalEvent → 1956 Dalit mass conversion to Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Dalit Buddhist movement
Dalit Buddhist movement → selfIdentification → Ambedkarite Buddhists ⓘ
linked to: Dalit Buddhist movement
Savita Ambedkar → associatedWith → Buddhist conversion movement of 1956 ⓘ
linked to: Dalit Buddhist movement
Ambedkarism → associatedWith → Dalit Buddhist movement ⓘ
Navayana Buddhism → hasPrimaryFollowers → Ambedkarite Buddhists ⓘ
linked to: Dalit Buddhist movement
Deekshabhoomi, Nagpur → associatedWith → Dalit Buddhist movement ⓘ
Dhammachakra Pravartan Din → associatedWith → Dalit Buddhist movement ⓘ
Chaitya Bhoomi, Mumbai → associatedWith → Dalit Buddhist movement ⓘ
Sharada Kabir → associatedWith → Dalit Buddhist movement ⓘ
Ambedkar family → ideology → Dalit Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Dalit Buddhist movement
Ambedkar family → associatedWith → Buddhist conversion movement in India ⓘ
linked to: Dalit Buddhist movement