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100	1		_aZelliot, Eleanor,
245	1	0	_aAmbedkar's world : the making of Babasaheb and tha dalit movement
260			_a New Delhi _bNavayana _c2004
300			_a303 p.
500			_aOriginally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Pennsylvania, 1969) under the title: Dr. Ambedkar and the Mahar Movement.
520			_aThis is a classic monograph on the mahar movement in western india it documents the social and political forces that shaped bhimrao ramji ambedkar (1891 56), the greatest leader of dalits, and the manner in which ambedkar shaped the destiny of the dalits of maharashtra and india zelliot chronicles the movement from its origins with the first mahar petition in 1890 till its culmination in the mass conversion to buddhism in 1956 she describes the defining influences of the pre-ambedkar leadership, the mahar army tradition, the cult of cokhamela, the mahad satyagraha, the temple-entry movements, the various newspapers ambedkar edited, the round table conferences, and the political parties ambedkar founded using a wide array of primary sources, she offers a rich history of one of modern india s most defining movements in its scope and depth as a single-caste history, ambedkar s world remains as yet unsurpassed
650		0	_aMahars
650		0	_aDalits
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