Caste Movements in Northern & Eastern India

Knowledge Themes

Structural Subtopics

• Satyashodhak Samaj and Jyotiba Phule's anti-caste ideology in Maharashtra
• Matua Mahasangha and Harichand Thakur’s movement in Bengal
• Adi-Dharma movement and Mangoo Ram in Punjab
• Satnami movement and Ghasidas in Central India/Chhattisgarh
• Socio-political mobilization of Jatavas in Agra and the Adi-Hindu movement
• Role of the Arya Samaj and the Shuddhi movement in North India
• Impact of the 1926 All India Depressed Classes Leaders Conference in Nagpur
• Contribution of M.C. Rajah and the All India Depressed Classes Association
• Role of Christian missionaries in Dalit education in Northern India
• Intersection of Peasant movements and Caste identity in Awadh and Bihar
• Significance of Ambedkar’s Mahad Satyagraha and burning of Manusmriti
• Influence of Bhakti saints like Ravidas and Kabir on Northern anti-caste consciousness
• Comparative analysis of reformative vs radical caste movements in the North
• Impact of British census and 'horizontal stretch' on caste mobilization