"The Role Of Dalit Consumes In Nationalism And Renaissance Contemporary Reliance"
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The Indian Renaissance, primly during the 19th and 20th centuries marked the first time that social reforms movement openly challenged caste-based inequalities. It was inspired by western influence and the impact of colonialism. During this period, the process of social reforms movements, religious reinterpretation, women's education, anti-caste campaigns and self-awareness gained momentum. Reforms such as a raja Ram Mohan Roy Swami Dayanand Saraswati, Ishwar Chandar Vidya Sagar and other fought against social evils. However, this renaissance largely remained confined within the sphere of upper-caste consciousness, for the Dalit communities this renaissance was not truly a renaissance as it failed to provide them with social and cultural equality. It is here that the intervention of fault consciousness becomes both essential and highly relevant. Under the leadership of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar the Dalit renaissance movement began, focusing on demands for education intellectual development self-respect and constitutional rights for Dalits. However, even before Ambedker there were serval Dalits thinkers who worked to secure the rights of the Dalits Community.
In the 19th and 20th centuries the Indian renaissance was movement began focusing on demands for educational intellectual development self-respect and constitute rights for Dalits. However even before Ambedkar there were serval Dalits thinker who worked to secure the rights of the Dalits community.
In the 19th and 20th centuries the Indian renaissance was largely led by upper-class leader, while they did speak of social reforms, they did not make explicit and determined efforts to eradicate caste-based prejudice from its roots. Jyotirao Phule along with his wife and other social reforms gave Dalits consciousness a realistic from and a new direction-based on self-respect, education rights and freedom.
They made it clear that the vision of just nation could only be realized when the most organized section of society were granted equal opportunities and rights. In this context Dalits thinkers such as sant Ravidas guru Ghansidas Jyotirao Phule Savitribai Phule, Dr. Br. Ambedkar Mahatma Ayankali Jogender Nath Mandal Babu jagrivan Ram, made Numerous efforts for the welfare and uppliftment of Dalits.
These thinkers contributed significantly according to the circumstances of their time to antigravity the marginalized community into the mainstream. They worked for the development of this class by combating social evils, hypocrics explain terms on and discrimination. They also strongly opposed social inequality in society and made determined efforts for the establishment of social equality, respect, harmony inclusive the idea of the "Bhartigata" (indianess) , respective opportunities and an inclusive soceity. In this the archived significant success as well. They presented an alternative from based on education, self-respect, equality and social Justice. Today when Indian has completed over eight decades of its existence as a democratize. Republic the question arise once again-has the nationalism the consciousness remained merely symbolic and combined to lined political use?