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    Annihilation of Caste is an undelivered speech written in 1936 by B. R. Ambedkar. The speech was to be delivered at an anti-caste convention held in Lahore...
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    The caste system in India is the paradigmatic ethnographic instance of social classification based on castes. It has its origins in ancient India, and...
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    of Dalit workers. In his work Annihilation of Caste, Ambedkar put forth the idea that caste is not merely the 'division of labour' but 'division of labourers'...
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  • Tarakam sought the annihilation of caste and untouchability through social transformation, very different from the Gandhian ideals of "upliftment." Their...
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    essay, Annihilation of Caste, in which he points to Shambuka's story as evidence that the caste system can only be maintained by the threat of lethal...
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    originators of this "unnatural Institution" founded and maintained through unnatural means. B. R. Ambedkar bibliography Annihilation of Caste (1936) Who...
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    Ambedkar published his book Annihilation of Caste on 15 May 1936. It strongly criticised Hindu orthodox religious leaders and the caste system in general, and...
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    languages. His main domain of study and activism is the annihilation of caste. Kancha Ilaiah was born in the village of Papaiahpet of Chennaraopet mandal, Warangal...
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    Semitic people (category Historical definitions of race)
    members of the Göttingen school of history, this biblical terminology for race was derived from Shem (Hebrew: שֵׁם), one of the three sons of Noah in...
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  • Rise of Bihar. Viking. ISBN 978-0-670-08459-3. Retrieved 7 April 2015. Roy, A. (2014). The Doctor and the Saint. In B. Ambedkar, Annihilation of Caste (pp...
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