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Mahar is one of the Indian caste found largely in the state of Maharashtra and neighbouring areas. [11] [12] Most of the Mahar community followed B. R. Ambedkar in converting to Buddhism in the middle of the 20th century. [13] [14] As of 2017 the Mahar caste was designated as a Scheduled Caste in 16 Indian states.
The Mahar Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army. Although it was originally intended to be a regiment consisting of troops from the Mahar community of Maharashtra , today the Mahar Regiment is composed of different communities from mainly states like Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh , and Bihar .
India's West-centre area, Maharashtra shows Marathi Buddhist population. Almost all Marathi Buddhists are converts from Hinduism. Most Buddhist Marathi people belong to the former Mahar community who adopted Buddhism with Ambedkar in 1956. [5] [6] In the 1951 census of India, In Maharashtra, 2,487 (0.01%) respondents said they were Buddhist.
The backdrop for the formation of the Dalit Panthers was set by various socio-political developments in Maharashtra. The first non-Congress state governments were established in 1967, and global youth political movements gained momentum. The Yuvak Kranti Dal had been formed in Maharashtra, and a mass conversion of Dalits to Buddhism occurred in ...
"Learning the Use of Political Means — The Mahars of Maharashtra" in Caste in Indian Politics, 1970. "The Nineteenth Century Background of Mahar and Non-Brahman Movements in Maharashtra" in The Indian Economic and Social History Review, 1970. "Literary Images of the Indian City" in Urban India — Society, Space and Image, 1971.
People from Maharashtra played an important part in the nationalist, social, and religious reform movements of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Notable civil societies founded by Marathi leaders during 19th century include the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha , the Prarthana Samaj , the Arya Mahila Samaj, and the Satya Shodhak Samaj .
Gopal Baba Walangkar was born into a family of Mahar caste [1] around 1840 at Ravdul, near Mahad in what is now Raigad district, Maharashtra.He was related to Ramabai, who in 1906 married the polymathic social reformer, B. R. Ambedkar.
She was born into an untouchable caste, Mahar, the largest untouchable community in Maharashtra. She was a well-known Dalit activist and writer who was inspired by B. R. Ambedkar, prominent dalit leader. [1] Kamble and her family converted to Buddhism and remained lifelong practicing Buddhists. [1]