Voices of the oppressed – Dalit literature
by K G Sankarapillai
Dalit means broken, oppressed, untouchable, downtrodden, and exploited. They come from the poor communities which under the Indian caste system used to be known as untouchables. They constitute nearly 16% of the Indian population.
The caste system, with a history of more than 3000 years in India, is a shameful system of social segregation, which works on the principle of purity and impurity. Purity is rich and white or whitish, impurity is poor and dark. Hidden powers of wealth can be easily traced in every feudal Brahmanical concept of the ideal. Material milieu of purity and beauty and prominence and command and comforts is also wealth. Economic division is reflected in the social classifications. But it should not be registered that caste is racial or economic. Dr. Ambedkar says that the caste system came into being long after the different races of India had commingled in blood and culture. To hold that distinctions of caste are really distinctions of race and to treat different castes as though they were so many different races is a gross perversion of the historical facts. Ambedkar asks: What affinity is there between the Untouchable of Bengal and the Untouchable of Madras? The Brahman of Punjab is racially the same stock as the Chamar of the Punjab and the Brahman of Madras is the same race as the Pariah of Madras. The caste system does not demarcate racial division. (Annihilation of caste – in writings and speeches vol.1 .p.49 Dr .B.R. Ambedkar)
Historically the caste system is a socio-cultural menace of Hinduism. But it is followed by Muslims, Sikhs and Christians in the country. The traditional Hindu society is divided into four main hierarchical caste groups: Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and Shudras. Beyond this fourfold caste structure, there is a category of ati-shudras or Dalits (as they are now called), which is forced to occupy the lowest position in this abhorrent social order. A devilish and disgraceful residue of the very long history feudalism in India.
The practice of untouchability was formally outlawed by the Constitution of India (by the mastermind Dr. B.R. Ambedkar) in 1950. But in practice, the Dalits are still subjected to extreme forms of social and economic exclusion and discrimination; physical and mental torture. Their attempts to assert their rights are often met with strong resistance from the higher castes, resulting in inhuman torture, rapes, massacres, and other atrocities.
Dalit reality in India today is not a mark of national pride
As per official statistics, an estimated one million Dalits are manual scavengers who clean public latrines and dispose of dead animals
80% of Dalits live in rural areas and 86% of Dalits are landless.
60% of Dalits are dependent on casual labour.
Only 37% of Dalits are literate.
3 Dalit women are raped every day.
At least one crime is committed against a Dalit every day.
As per 2001 census Present Dalit population is 16% of total population of India i.e. around 160 million. Independent India has witnessed considerable amount of violence and hate crimes motivated by caste, even though the law of the country doesn’t permit it.
The word Dalit in Marathi literally means broken. First used by Jyotiba Phule, the term was later popularized by Dalit leader Dr. B.R. Ambedkar to reflect the situation of the millions of Dalits within south Asia, who are systematically and institutionally deprived of their civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights in every aspect of life. But the Dalits are now redefining the word and with it their identity – Dalits are those who practice equality, believe in equality and fight for equality!
(Source of facts Dalit Foundation)
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The Dalit movement is an anti-caste movement fighting for the construction of a modern secular and democratic Indian identity.
The term Dalit literature can be traced to the first Dalit literary Conference in 1958 in Maharashtra State in India.
There are numerous theories about the origin of Dalit Literature. Buddha (6th c. B.C.), Chokhamela (14th AD), Mahatma Phule (1828-90), and Prof.S.M.Mate (1886-1957), are hailed as its originators by various activists/ideological groups. These great men were deeply concerned about the plight of the untouchables. They fought against all the unjust divisions in society. A huge mass of literature is created in the light of their teachings and visions.
But it was Dr. Ambedkar, a great modern visionary , renaissance leader ,the architect of the constitution of India and an ardent critic of the caste system, who demolished the myth of divine origin of caste hierarchy. He inspired and initiated the creative minds of India to enforce the socio-cultural upsurge for the total emancipation of the Dalits.
Dalitism is the ideological habitat where various socio-cultural sensibilities and politico-economic groups co-exist. Opposition to the Hindu intellectual traditions in general and the oppressive caste hierarchy in particular is the central concern of the movement.
The Dalit Literary movement started in Maharashtra, the home state of Dr. Ambedkar. A collective endeavour of the Neo-Buddhist elites to create a new culture of social equality. It is based on wider socio-cultural, political ideas to transcend the narrow space of the old concepts of culture and social hierarchy to new and open space. Uttam Bhoite and Anuradha Bhoite have described it as a protest movement organised against the traditional Hindu social theories of life and liberation. A sense of collective identity and solidarity are seminal for a protest movement. Dalit literature was evolving in a dialogic structure towards this direction as a communication system for various segments of the movement, the Dalit writers and Dalit intellectuals. Dalit writing is addressing the oppressed, the untouchables, the victims, and the oppressors. It is not our wish that what we write should be read only by the untouchables. Our writers strongly desire that it should be read by the touchable as well. (Raosaheb Kasbe in his essay some issues on Dalit literature).
Dalit Poetry became popular mainly through poetry readings and alternative media like the little magazines and posters and hoardings and creative collectives.
Birds of the same feather from other states of India were inspired by its liberative spirit, straight and strong style, and poignant poetic images. Great poets like Narayan Survey, Namdeo Dhasal, Daya Pawar, Arun Kamble , Josef Macqwan , Saran Kumar Limbale , Arun Dangle , and many other poets wrote stunningly new Indian poetry in the sixties and seventies. They portrayed the life and struggles of the lowest strata, the low caste. The prominence of the Dalit poetry in modern Indian poetry is undoubtedly great. It could consolidate numerous socio cultural and ecological movements in post colonial India. Still it is great and powerful even though some of its leaders were hijacked to the power games by the ruling class political parties in India.
K.G. Sankarapillai, is a contemporary Indian poet writing in Malayalam. He has won the National Award for Poetry in India on two occasions. More about this author may be found at http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=8636
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Literate Dalits in large number shall have to come out of their hibernation , get equipped with historical knowledge and then write their views in the form of articles and books to set right the wrong done in the past with their history.
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Dalits require seprate settlement away from barbaric hindus.without foreign help dalits canot get seprate settlement.time has come dalits should ask for seprate electorate which was snatched by Rangila Gandhi ,which is known as Poona Pact.
I have been collecting material for a paper to be presented in a National Seminar. I have done research on the “Voices of Anger: The Oppressor-Oppressed relationship in the select novels of Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison and Alice Walker” which had earned me my Ph.D., I’m interested in voicing the voiceless.
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I noticed that this is not the first time at all that you mention this topic. Why have you decided to write about it again?
I am doing research on dalit literature in marathi from Y.C.M.O.U Maharashtra. pls, send me all details about dalit literature
i am working on dalit literature for my m.phil course,and it gives me immense pleasure to know about this blog.i found it very interesting about dalit literature.please send me any material on dalit lit.feel free for comments.
funny no one has mentioned the urdu dalit writer jayant pawar who was this year’s sahitya akademi award winner for his book of poems in urdu.
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I am working on dalit literature. Please provide me material if u have.
‘m doing M.Phil…now after reading dis voices of oppressed…’m planning to work on ecofeminist reading of dalit novels…but i haven’t selected any novels yet for my project…so pls suggest me some novels and provide materials too…’ve read bama’s sangati and karruku…
i’m doing M.A. project on Bama’s Karukku… pls leave some suggestions for secondary resources…
dear researchers!
i am happy to you that there are numerous web available (www.dalitfordalit). Get the dalit books of our writer including this web. bring out the possible solution to our people. by. bharathirajaelt@gmail.com/9944746946
@Kureela, your solution seems to have come out of hatred towards India than out of compassion towards Indian dalits. Mind you, separation isn’t the solution for every problem in the world; it might have been 60 years ago. Indian culture and society is going through a social and psychological change like many countries in the world have gone through in the past which had bigoted and intolerant attitudes towards black Africans for centuries for instance. Now, Dalits can’t be equated with blacks as they are not a different race within India on which they are being discriminated against but the social phenomena of black Africans does have similarities as far as human rights are concerned. Blacks didn’t get separated countries but they got equal rights as social acceptance amongst the majority came with time; more ‘dalits’ need to stand up for their rights and speak against the ones who oppress them. That’s the only key.
Dalits are suffering in other South-Asian countries like Pakistan too like other minorities whom we hardly hear about because nobody covers that in the media. In India, dalits are in greater numbers, so it may seem they are treated badly in India only (not that I condone that). To get rid of the discrimination against dalits, dalits need to become more assertive without playing the victims of everything that happens to them. The term Dalit should be gotten rid of to start off with.
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The contemplation of dalit identity will be halpful to the extent only that we can convert our assertions into material security , brethren concern…
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can u plz send me all details regardig dalit literature on subjugation and celebration bcoz i’m doing my MPhil thesis in dalit lit.. on bamas karukku and sangati..which is a translated work by Laxhmi Holmstrong…..
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Dalit literature has been caught in identity politics in stead of constructing own identity as ‘ b lack literature’ has constructed. By merely abusing other religion s it is not getting an y social approval hence intellectuals call it as ‘Abusing literature’.
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Dalith Literature is the absolutly the message of God which enlightening to the humanity.I am very proud of that and still it has to be opened the blind society of upercast fellows to know the way how to live with all men.At present I too in the research of the greatness of the Dalith literature.
It gives me joy to see compassion among people who are marginalized. We are all one family and children of one God. Harmony, compassion, love and hope as well as belonging are essential for all humanity. Thank you!
i want to share that we are the human being as among animals. we are not the children of any god or creator. let me say that we are the part of nature. there is no name for it. lets try to make the human being as good human as there in no discremination to each ather, no conspiracy, no injustic so on. i am doing research on dalit (UGC) in university of hyderabad. kindly give me the ideas that i can prove the dalit people should as in maharashtra declair themselve as a ambedkarite insted of dalit.to give more strenth the ideology of Dr Bhemrao Ambedkar..
i just want to say to ask if the god himself discriminate his people is he/she a REAL GOD ……why people still follow all those stuffs?????
God never discriminates anyone. It is the result of mankind’s own selfish acts. People should be ashamed in following discrimination. Instead of that, some even take pride in claiming their caste’s name. Saddest part is that the innocent children’s mind are corrupted by this. Then how could corruption could be wiped out in our nation.
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Amazing info… Helped me quite a lot! Thank u
Hi,Im pursuiving my project on comparing Dalit literature and African -american pls give some valuable suggestons
hai ,it is informative.im doing my phd in comp literaure.kindlysend information regarding bamas autobiographies and maya angelo
BHIM SENA
Vade – Mecum for Fifteen Crore Mool Bharatis
Sri B. Shyam Sundar inaugurated Bhim Sena at Gulbarga
Sri. H. Shreyeskar and Sri Bhimrao Bharati are also seen
“We Mool Bharatis are not Hindus and are not prepared to help them to establishHindu Raj in India in the name of Secular Socialist Democracy. We havesuffered and sacrificed enough. Let us now rehabilitate ourselves. This is my
humble message to the educated youths of the Mool Bharatis. Friends! Knowyour own history. Only then will you be able to make history”.
B. Shyam Sundar
Published by
H.Shreyesker
President
Mool Bharati B.Shyam Sunder Memorial Society
B.Shyam Sunder Marg . Gulbarga 585105 (Karnataka State )
e-mail shreyesker@gmail.com
A WORD WITH MOOL BHARATIS
OUR PAST & PRESENT
B.SHYAM SUNDER
Young comrades
You know the pitiable conditions in which we live today.
You also know that Caste Hindus are solely responsible for our plight.
But please do not believe that we have always been in this condition. We were the rulers
of this country before the advent of the un-cultured Aryans We had our own language,
culture and history. The new comers so framed history to create an impression that those,
who are now known as Scheduled Caste and Tribes had always been ignorant,
uncultured, unclean, superstitious and are destined to remain so unless the Caste Hindus
come to their rescue and uplift them.
Friends let me tell you frankly that the Caste Hindu historians and leaders have given us a
totally false impression and are making false claims. It is they who suppressed our
history, ruined our culture, denied to us the light of knowledge, drove us into jungles,
usurped our lands, deprived us of our wealth, dislocated our economy, killed our wise
and holy men, slaughtered our valiant youths, corrupted our rising generation and
eventually with the force of arms, succeeded in creating terror, despondency and
frustration among our young men. This, in a nut-shell, is a brief synopsis of our history
during the last three thousand years. Things have not improved much, though we are
supposed to be free.
Verses were interpolated in Hindu religious discourses, which had the effect of inciting
the listeners to ill-treat our forefathers and deprive them of bare human rights. We were
called the “Rakshasa” the “Mlechchas” and were not allowed to own land or accumulate
wealth. We had to live outside the village and away from society. Caste Hindu leaders
started a theory that our people are “walking burial grounds” and therefore, their touch
would pollute them. A belief was spread among the Caste Hindus that the Untouchables
are the products of Sin (Papayoniah) and born sinners.
At this stage was born the Buddha who raised a banner of revolt against all these
inhuman beliefs and practices. He lived for eighty years and his humanistic movement
thrived for more than thousand years until Kumarila Bhat and Adi Shankaracharya
contrived to kill the movement by the usual Brahmanic Strategy of creating differences
among Buddha’s followers, and later persecuted and banished them.
From this time onwards, Hindu movement re-established itself and began to gain
momentum. Those who were untouchables so far became unseeable and more subhuman
than before. Greater restrictions were placed on their daily lives reducing them to
abject poverty. Their labour continued to be exploited in agriculture, house building and
petty industrial concerns. Payment of wages to them was never thought of. They were,
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however allowed to beg for alms at night and feed themselves. After the harvest, they
were allowed to pick up what was left scattered in the fields They were not allowed to
take part in festivities of any kind. They were not allowed to put on new clothes or
chappals or carry lathis. Their marriages could take place only during the months when
agricultural labour was not required. They could not visit other villages without the
permission of the local villages officers. Thus inter-village communication was also
prohibited. Neither could they approach temples or schools. If they fell ill, death was the
only remedy, because no Vaid would treat them. The main through fares was out of
bound for them; so were the wells. They could take water only from running brooks even
if they were miles away from the villages. On occasions when human sacrifice was
considered essential, the Scheduled Caste people came in handy. People outside India
wonder why we did not revolt. They do not know that the Caste Hindus had instilled a
belief into our minds that we were suffering because of our past sins committed in the
previous birth. Our simple and unsophisticated ancestors believed them. (Vide the creed
of Poonarjanma.)
Centuries rolled by in this way. The coming in of Muslims from across the North-
Western frontiers made no difference, as the Pandits promised support to the new rulers
on the condition that they would not interfere with Hindu religion, or their customs and
traditions. Muslim rule later gave place to British rule. This period opened up a few
chances for the economic betterment of the Scheduled Castes. The most outstanding
event of this period was the realisation by the Caste Hindus of the importance of number
in a democratic regime. It was at this stage that the so-called movements for the removal
of untouchability and temple entry were started to beguile and hoodwink us into further
submission. Tilak, Ranade, Gokhale, Dr.Moonje and Gandhi came out in the open as
saviour of the Untouchables.
During this period, fortunately for these unhappy people, Dr.Ambedkar their woman,
took up the cudgels on their behalf and worked ceaselessly until he secured recognition
from British Government for Scheduled Castes as an entity deserving special care. This
recognition came as a bolt from the blue to the entire Hindu Community and their leader
Gandhi threatened to fast unto death unless this recognition was withdrawn. All Caste
Hindu leaders and their press begged, cajoled and later threatened Dr.Ambedkar to agree
to Gandhiji’s formula known as “Poona Pact”. Dr. Ambedkar yielded under duress but
later repented for having done so, as the Hindus themselves repudiated the “Poona Pact”,
Dr. Ambedkar’s efforts were thus nullified. But he succeeded in creating self-respect and
self-reliance among our educated young men.
After Independence, all sorts of promises and pledges were incorporated in the
Constitution but the right of the Caste Hindus to select candidates to represent the
Scheduled Castes and other minorities was introduced. This has sounded our death knell.
We cannot hope to make any progress at all unless and until we get back our right.
1. To elect our own representatives.
2. To run our own educational institutions
3. To have our separate settlements where we will be free to live our own lives.
Our educational institutions will follow the common syllabus framed by the State
educational authorities, provided, distortions and misrepresentations contained in the
History of India are removed and replaced by correct facts. This can be done only if
scholars representing Mool Bharatis and other minorities are represented on the Board of
Historical Studies.
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To achieve all this, we have to declare the fundamental and historical truth that we Mool
Bharatis are not Hindus and are not prepared to help them to establish Hindu raj in India
in the name of Secular Socialist Democracy. We have suffered and sacrificed enough. Let
us now rehabilitate ourselves. This is my humble message to the educated youths of the
Mool Bharatis. Friend! know your own history. Only then will you be able to make
History.In doing so please remember two essential factors
We are all Mool Bharatis.
Do not think and act in terms of
Chora, Chamber
Balmiki, Mala,
Madiga, Mahar, Mang,
Holiya, Madir, Mochi,
Mehra, Matand, Samgar,
Jatav, Satnami,
Namasudra, Goud, Bhil,
Santal, Mizo, Khasi,
Bhumia, Mazhabi, Kabirpanthi
Sansi, Banjara,
Male, Masti, Mether,
Dusadh, Paradi, Pagi,
Arundhathi, Ajila, Kanakkan,
Pallan, Bausodi,
Yezawa, Dhanuk, Bedajungam,
Venkar, Dhor, Newars,
Megh, Dhed, Dom, Kanjar,
Halalkhor, Ramdasi,
Ravidasi, Chenchu, Konda,
Dora, Koya, Dhammi,
Kuki, Miri, Bhumij, Chammpa,
Mannan, Iambani,
Medar, Naga Bhatia, Mru,
Malumi, Milacheri,
Munda, Adi Andhra,
Adi,Karnataka, Adi Dravida,
Adi Dharmi, Adi Vasi etc.1
We cannot feel and become one unless we erase from our minds this divisive
nomenclature which has been created by the Caste Hindus to keep us divided and weak.
Once a month, we should publicly demonstrate our unity and strength by convening a
joint mass meeting of all constituent elements of our community, whose leaders should
be made to sit on the platform and declare with one voice that they are all Mool Bharatis.
We must throw this nomenclature in the faces of Caste Hindus and close our ranks.
Do not be disheartened if you find our leaders in different camps. They have not
forgotten that they themselves are Mool Bharatis, nor have they forgotten us from whom
they derive their strength. Whether ‘X’ works with the Congress ‘Y’ with the Republican
Party or ‘Z’ joins hands with the minorities, they are all one with us and cannot afford to
let our cause down. Bhim Sena workers should not condemn them or speak ill of them
because they have infiltrated into the camp of our oppressors. They will all come back to
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us and work with us when they realise that we have developed strong consciousness and
have become a solid rock of suppressed humanity which is now going to break its bonds
of slavery for good and march ahead towards triumphs and success.
Persons not belonging to the Scheduled -Castes and Tribes, provided they agree with our
aims and objects, and do not believe in turning one cheek if the other is slapped, can join
the BHIM SENA, whatever non-Hindu religion they may profess.
Be true to thyself
Yours fraternally,
B. Shyam Sunder
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The Why and How of Bhim Sena
AIMS AND OBJECTS :
Letters are pouring in from all parts of India asking for a comprehensive list of do’s and
dont’s for Bhim Sena workers. Before satisfying their requirements, I must make it clear
that Bhim Sena is a self-defence movement based on the natural instinct of selfpreservation.
It will teach our people to be self-reliant and inculcate in them feeling of
self-respect. It is not parochial, communal, or linguistic like some other senas. It is an
All India movement based on Truth and Non-Violence. Its main plank is that we do not
consider India as a country belonging only to caste Hindus; it belongs to all its
inhabitants. Power and authority in India cannot be the monopoly of the Hindus; non-
Hindus should share it also, among whom the majority is of Mool Bharatis.
BHIM SENA should be organised on a district wise basis. The inauguration ceremony
should be held at the District Head-quarters to which representatives from various Taluks
of the district should be invited. The Chairman will be nominated by the President of
Bharatiya Bhim Sena in consultation with the district workers. The Taluk representatives
should then organise on lines. It is thus that Bhim Sena spirit would gradually percolate
to all towns and important villages.
Our flag
The Flag of the Bhim Sena will be blue. In the centre there will be a white shining sun
in which there will be likeness of the plough, the hammer and the arrow in red colour
representing peasants, workers and the traves. The plough also indicates that the
Scheduled Castes are the principal producers of food, the hammer indicates that they are
the power behind all industrial activities, while the arrow shows that it is they who once
ruled India, then known as Mangbhumi, or Mangbhumi, and still represent its physical
powers.
An organisation of the Mool Bharatis
Bhim Sena represents the eyes, the ears and the limb of the Scheduled Castes and Tribes
Federation. The aim of the district worker should be to enlist at least 10% of the male
population of Scheduled Caste inhabitants in the district. Only persons between the age
of fifteen and fifty-five should be recruited. For leaders and organisers, there is no age
limit.
Self-defence is our main object
All members of Bhim Sena should always move in batches and hold early morning
parades under the guidance of an ex-army man or ex-policeman. On the first Sunday of
every month, there should be exchange of visits between the District Headquarters and
the Taluks by mutual arrangement. There should also be a congregation of all Scheduled
Caste workers the same evening after dinner, where they will come to know each other’s
problems and difficulties.
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Build up our bargaining power
Agriculture labourers, factory workers, tradesmen, artisans, muncipal labourers and
sundry workers should organise themselves on trade union basis under the auspices of
Bhim Sena. The ultimate aim should be that all such organizations should be controlled
by the Bhim Sena.
In case of economic sanction
Occasion may arise when the caste Hindus of a particular village may apply economic
sanctions against our people in order to browbeat them and break their strength. If such
occasions arise, it will be the duty of BHIM SENA workers to provide relief and succour
to them from neighboring villages and report the matter to higher authorities, who will
organize relief on a wider basis. They should also send applications to the Collector, the
Superintendent of Police and the District Magistrate. If immediate response is not forth
coming they should visit the Collector’s office in a body and make personal
representations.
Prepare for census and election work
The more important aspect of Bhim Sena activities are mentioned below :
a) District Intelligence Service should be organised. We should know what plans are
being hatched against us. Only intelligent, reliable and nature persons, who would
not yield under the influence of the Police, the village officers, the Congress, the
R.S.S., the Jan Sangh or any other party opposed to our interests, should be taken
in the Intelligence Service.
b) Trained units should be established to render first aid to our people when Caste
Hindus or others assault them.
c) Adult education parties should be organised which will explain to the Scheduled
Caste, in the course of their tours, the intricacies of census operations, elections,
police prosecution etc., In the Census, our population is shown much less than
what it actually is. Our workers should accompany enumerators and check their
entries. So also, during elections our names are not included in the Voters List.
Our ballot papers are tampered with. Our voters are physically prevented from
exercising their vote. Our members are harassed and persecuted by the police
near polling booths.
d) The Legal Aid Committee should explain to our people the laws of the Criminal
Procedure Code, which come into operation at the times of riots, looting, strikes
and elections.
Train photographers
e) The Bhim Sena should carry cameras on important occasions. This will help in
organising legal defence and also in arranging authentic, Publicity in foreign
countries.
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f) The Bhim Sena should proclaim the age-old truth that the Scheduled Castes are
not and have never been Hindus that they are the real Mool Bharatis whom the
Buddha tries to emancipate from the oppression of Caste Hindus. Our God is
Truth and resides in the temple of our own hearts.
One of the functions of Bhim Sena will be to protect Scheduled Castes from the ravages
of arson. Their huts, petty farms and meager properties are set fire to Bhim Sena
Volunteers must learn how to put out fires.
District Organisers will want to know what should be the strength of the Sena in their
district. The answer is simple. It should be double that of our enemy agents who, in their
acts of aggression, receive the aid of the Police and the Military also. Our people, far
from receiving relief and aid, are set upon and the Police, who start arresting our innocent
people, suppress our self-defence activities, least they may retaliate in fury. It has been
constantly observed that in all prisons, it is the Scheduled Caste alone who are compelled
to do scavenging work for the other inmates. We should strongly resent and protest
against this practice. We expect all Bhim Sena members to raise hue and cry against this
and organise mass demonstrations in front of all Central Prison
Ultimate aim of Bhim Sena
The ultimate aims of the Bhim Sena will be to arouse among the fifteen crore Scheduled
Castes, the urge to fight and die for the attainment of the following three objectives: -
Separate settlement
30% compact and contiguous villages in every taluk should be vacated by Caste Hindus
and handed over exclusively to the Scheduled Castes. The area should be choosen in
consultation with our real leaders.
Separate university
The People’s Education Society founded by Baba Saheb Ambedkar should here- after run
the future Ambedkar University to which all colleges manned and attended by our
youths, should be affiliated.
Separate election
We must get our birth right of selecting our own representatives. This sacred right has
been taken away from us firstly by the Constitution itself, which has provided for general
electorates, and secondly the Election Commission which, in the delimitation of the
constituencies, splits up all villages inhabited by minorities and includes them in the
neighboring constituencies to give Caste Hindus a deciding voice in every constituency in
all parts of India. The result is that the elections have been reduced to a farce. The socalled
elective bodies have, since Independence, been consisting only of Caste Hindus
and their stooges. Indian brand of democracy has become an international scandal, a plaything
of black-marketers, corrupt politicians, exploiters of under-dogs and free-booters
aided by Police and the administrative machinery. Expression of free will is tabooed.
How long can we fool America, Russia and the rest of the World that India is a Secular
and Socialist Democracy?
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Our Slogan “We are Not Hindu”
This is an undeniable fact of history. In the beginning of the present century, when
Hindus realised that democracy can mean Hindu Raj if only the Scheduled castes and
Tribes are enumerated among Hindus, they started wooing us. Thanks to Dr. Ambedkar,
we escaped their net, but it 1932, Gandhiji again entangled us and in 1950, Sardar Patel
subdued us. During all this period. Hindus ill-treated us, looked down upon us and
denied to us our natural rights. They have always exploited our labour. They obtain
millions of foreign currency on our behalf and in our name and grow richer at our
expense. This sordid game of deceit and chicanery must end once and for all. Mool
Bharatis must come into their own. Buddha’s dream must, come true.
Jai Bharat
A Separate Political Organization for Mool Bharatis.
Why Federation of Scheduled Castes and Tribes on an All India Basis?
1. Because of their poverty, illiteracy and unnerving influence of the Caste Hindus
in the villages, the fifteen crore Scheduled Castes and Tribes all over India are
being exploited by different political and religious organizations for purposes
which do not do any good to the Scheduled Castes and Tribes themselves.
2. Because they are traditionally superstitious and suffer from age-long inferiority
complex, they cannot become their ‘True Selves’ unless separate settlements are
established for them and they are given the right to elect their own representatives
direct to all the elective bodies stipulated in the Indian Constitution.
3. Because the Scheduled Castes and Tribes are an important element in the National
life of India, whose importance is sought to be minimised by the Caste Hindus by
merging them in the Hindu fold. Baba Saheb Ambedkar saw through this game
and was seriously trying for their uplift but the Caste Hindus, taking advantage of
Gandhiji’s threatened fast unto death at Poona foiled Baba Saheb’s efforts to raise
the Scheduled Castes and Tribes to their natural level.
4 Because as long as the Scheduled Castes and Tribes are dependent for their living,
education, trade, agriculture, employment and other development activities on the
Caste Hindus, they will continue to remain what they are, to break this vicious
circle, they must become self-reliant and self-supporting by organizing
themselves on the basis of All India Scheduled Castes and Tribes Federation and
by demanding separate University and above all, separate Electorates. Political
Power cannot come as a gift, it has to be wrested from unwilling hands of the
Caste Hindus.
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Appendix Notes
1. An Introduction to the Cultural History of India Page 2
by Dr. N.Subrahmanian M.A., Ph.D. Madras 1958
2. The Original Inhabitants of Bharat Varsha By Gustov Oppert
3. Civilization in Ancient India By R.C.Dutt
Report of the Commissioner for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes for the
year 1961-62
In some villages of Andhra Pradesh, even now, Scheduled Caste people have to wait in a
row, with their earthen pots, on the embankment of tanks till some Caste Hindu would
come and pour water into their pots, according to his own convenience. The Scheduled
Caste bridge-groom cannot put on a turban with Turra in some of the villages of Madhya
Pradesh. In some areas of this State, band music is not allowed to be played at the time of
marriage among the Scheduled Castes, their womenfolk cannot wear bangles and other
ornaments made of silver and the Scheduled Caste people are not allowed to ride a horse
or use a bullock-cart as means of transport. Untouchability is still practiced in many parts
of the country, in some form or other, the most common ones being
1. Denying access to public restaurants and hotels and the use of utensils kept in
such places for general public :
2. Not allowing the use of wells, tanks, water taps and other sources of water:
3. Denial of service by barbers, dhobis etc, and
4. Denial of hired accommodation to Scheduled Castes persons when posted in rural
areas.”
5. Civilization in Ancient India By R.C.Dutt See also
a) Gowthama Dharma Sutras1-4-16 & 1-16
b) Manu Smriti 0129
c) Later Hindu Civilization By R.C.Dutt
6. Vedant Bhashia 1-3-37 By Ramanujacharya and Vashist Smriti Chapter 18
7. Bhagwad Gita Chapter 9 sloka 32
8. Pronounced Bood – hah
9 & 10 Begining of eight Century A.D
11 Award announced by : Ramsay Macdonald
12. What congress and Gandhi have done to the untouchables
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IN THE COURT OF THE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE,
GULBARGA DISTRICT.
File no. DCP-MSC-68-69
Sub: Order dated 13th June 1968 passed by the District Magistrate Gulbarga District
under section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
Present:- Shri. Ahmed Siddiqui,
Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate
Gulbarga District .
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O R D E R
The facts of the case in brief are that in the morning of 13th June, 1968 the
Superintendent of Police, Gulbarga informed me in person that Sri.B.Shyam Sunder, Ex-
M.L.A., is likely to hold a meeting on the same day at Gulbarga city and to speak about the
formation of Bhim Sena exhorting the local Harijans to discard and dishonour the Hindu gods
and Goddesses which is extremely likely to cause annoyance to the followers of Hindu
community and thereby lead to disturbance of public tranquillity. Thereupon a letter dated 13th
June , 1968 was addressed to Sri. B. Shyam Sunder requesting him to meet the under signed
immediately at my office to discuss the details of his programme having regard to the law and
order situation. In response to this request Sri. B .Shyam Sunder did not meet the under signed
but passed a note on the duplicate copy of the said letter stating that he was not addressing any
public meeting, that the function is only meant for Bhim Sena members and a few invitees and
that no questions of any law and order arises. On 13th June 1968 sun, speech delivered at public
meeting held near Tirandaz Talkies, Gulbarga ON 28-4-1968 had exhorted the to stop
worshipping Hindu Gods and Goddesses and to discard them that as a direct result of his speech
some local Harijans dis-figured the paintings of Hindu Gods and Goddesses in the Harijan
Dharmashala situated at Jagat locality of Gulbarga City and burn some photograph of Hindu
Gods and Goddesses on 30th April,1968, that a case in Crime No 51/68 Under section 295 IPC
had been registered , that this action of local Harijans which was taken on the advise of Shri. B.
Shyam Sunder lead to communal tension as the religious feelings of Hindu Community were
injured on account of the actions of Shri. B. Shyam Sunder and the local Harijans , that in an
interview with the correspondent of the Anti-Corruption weekly published in its issue dated 12-
5-1968 Shri. B. Shyam Sunder had stated that the members of Bhim Sena which he was
organising would burn the Hindu Gods, that Shri. B. Shyam Sunder is likely to extort the local
Harijans to discard and dishonour Hindu Gods and Goddesses , that is extremely likely that the
speechless of Shri.B . Shyam Sunder may cause annoyance to the followers of Hindu religion
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and thereby lead to disturbance of public tranquillity and that possibility of riots also cannot be
ruled out.
He therefore requested that immediate preventive action be taken under Sec.144 of Cr.
P.C., directing Shri.B.Shyam Sunder,Ex.M.L.A to abstain from giving any speech dishonoring
the God and Goddesses of other communities and did not meet me at the office in the forenoon
of 13th June, 1968 and the time was very short and the circumstances did not admit of the
serving in due time of a Notice upon MR. Sham Sunder and also due to the aforesaid reason an
emergency had arisen the undersigned passed an ex parte order under Section 144 of the CrPC
13th June, 1968 directing Shri. B.Shyam Sunder to abstain from giving any speech or speeches
dishonoring the Hindu Gods and Goddesses, casting aspersions on various religions and on the
persons following them, causing ill-feeing commencing from 1600 hours of the 13th June, 1968
to 1600 hours on 13th June, 1968 within the Municipal Limit of Gulbarga city. on the served
coy of the said order Shri Shyam Sunder stated that he had already intimated that he was not
holding any and order and that he was meeting with the people in a private place.
Shri. B.Shyam Sunder sent a letter dated 16-06-1968 addressed to the undersigned
which was received on 19th June, 1968, the relevant portions of which extracted below;-
“ As I and my community namely scheduled castes do not believe in Hindu God and
Goddesses and do not wish to retain with us clay idols and pictures supposed to
represent them, we have decided to discard them out of our free will. This act cannot
and need not displease any Hindu for simple reason that we do not regard these clay
models as Gods or Goddesses. Our purpose is not want to retain.
Your order further states that I or member of my community cast aspersions on various
religion let me assure you most solemnly that we have not to do with religions of persons other
than that own. Therefore, the question of casting as peas does not arise.
The difference of the constitution, when the intellectual I am surprised that the
magistracy should stoop to act as agents of persons whose ancestors and leaders have for the
last three thousand years been exploiting us our labour for political and commercial ends and
who in order to swell their members have thought fit to include us among the Hindu to form
their own Government, while at the same excluding us from the benefits of the Government and
offices of authority. This attitude wills both state and Central Government into disrepute.
He therefore requested to withdraw the and inform him within a fortnight to obviate his
going-over to Gulbarga to defy the order which he does not want to do. Thereupon a show
cause notice dated 24th June, 1968
Was issued to Shri. Shyam Sunder affording him an opportunity of appearing before the
undersigned in person or by pleader at 03.P.M
On 2nd June, 1968 and how cause against the said order. On 2nd July 1968 Shri .B.
Shyam Sunder sent a telegram informing that a letter had been posted. The relevant portion of
his letter dated 1-7-68 is extracted below:-
“The case is simple. I or my people having nothing to do with Hindu religion. It is the
Hindus, their scriptures, their Gurus, the Profits, Swamis, Pandits and political leaders
etc., who considered us Panchamas and feelings of self respect and dignity for centuries
and they continue to do so today in spite of the constitution. If you must serve an order
on somebody, you should serve it on the leaders of caste Hindus. Why penalize me for
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their fault? The best course for you would be to withdraw the order and let a meeting be
held if local schedules caste workers so desire. I assure you that Hindu leaders have no
cause to request you to place a ban on our meetings”.
I have gone through the entire records of the case very carefully. In order dated 13th
June, 1968 issued by the undersigned under sec.144 of the Cr. P.C. Shri. B. Shyam Sunder,
various religions and on the persons following them, causing ill-feeling between various
communities. The operating portion of the aforesaid order is quite clear definite, qualified and
self explanatory. No blanket order such has been passed denying Shri. B. Shyam Sunder to
deliver any speech whatsoever. The order directs him to abstain from giving only such speeches
dishonouring Hindu Gods and Goddesses, casting aspersions on various religions and on the
persons following them causing ill-feeling between various following them, causing ill-feeling
between various communities.
From the above aforesaid letters it is quite clear that he has not given assurance that he
would not make any speech or speeches dishonoring Hindu Gods and Goddesses casting
aspersions on various religions and on the persons following them, causing ill-feelings between
various communities, though he has indicated that he does not propose to give such speech or
speeches. If Shri. B. Shyam Sunder does not propose to make such speech or speeches , the
purpose of the order is fulfilled .
Under these circumstances I still continue to hold the opinion that if Mr.B.Shyam
Sunder were to give any speech or speeches dishonoring Hindu Gods and Goddesses , casting
aspersions on various religions and on the persons following them, causing ill-feeling between
various communities, they are likely to result in great danger to human life and property and
disturbance to public tranquility not only within the local limits of City Municipality Gulbarga
but elsewhere also. I therefore do not find any cogent reason to withdraw the order dated 13th
June 1968 passed under section 144 of Cr. P.C.
For the reasons stated in paras above I hold that Shri. B Sham Sunder has not shown a
valid reason for rescinding or altering the foresaid order, therefore his petitions dated 16th June
and 1st July are rejected.
Dictated to stenographer, typescript edits and pronounced in the open court this 8th day
of July, 1968.
Sd/-
(Ahmed Siddiqui)
BHIM SENA
Vade – Mecum for Fifteen Crore Mool Bharatis
Sri B. Shyam Sundar inaugurated Bhim Sena at Gulbarga
“We Mool Bharatis are not Hindus and are not prepared to help them to establishHindu Raj in India in the name of Secular Socialist Democracy. We havesuffered and sacrificed enough. Let us now rehabilitate ourselves. This is my humble message to the educated youths of the Mool Bharatis. Friends! Knowyour own history. Only then will you be able to make history”.
B. Shyam Sundar
Published by
H.Shreyesker
President
Mool Bharati B.Shyam Sunder Memorial Society
B.Shyam Sunder Marg . Gulbarga 585105 (Karnataka State )
e-mail shreyesker@gmail.com
A WORD WITH MOOL BHARATIS
OUR PAST & PRESENT
B.SHYAM SUNDER
Young comrades
You know the pitiable conditions in which we live today.
You also know that Caste Hindus are solely responsible for our plight.But please do not believe that we have always been in this condition. We were the rulersof this country before the advent of the un-cultured Aryans We had our own language,culture and history. The new comers so framed history to create an impression that those,who are now known as Scheduled Caste and Tribes had always been ignorant,uncultured, unclean, superstitious and are destined to remain so unless the Caste Hinduscome to their rescue and uplift them.
Friends let me tell you frankly that the Caste Hindu historians and leaders have given us atotally false impression and are making false claims. It is they who suppressed ourhistory, ruined our culture, denied to us the light of knowledge, drove us into jungles,usurped our lands, deprived us of our wealth, dislocated our economy, killed our wiseand holy men, slaughtered our valiant youths, corrupted our rising generation andeventually with the force of arms, succeeded in creating terror, espondency and frustration among our young men. This, in a nut-shell, is a brief synopsis of our historyduring the last three thousand years. Things have not improved much, though we are
supposed to be free.Verses were interpolated in Hindu religious discourses, which had the effect of inciting
the listeners to ill-treat our forefathers and deprive them of bare human rights. We werecalled the “Rakshasa” the “Mlechchas” and were not allowed to own land or accumulate
wealth. We had to live outside the village and away from society. Caste Hindu leadersstarted a theory that our people are “walking burial grounds” and therefore, their touchwould pollute them. A belief was spread among the Caste Hindus that the Untouchablesare the products of Sin (Papayoniah) and born sinners.At this stage was born the Buddha who raised a banner of revolt against all these
inhuman beliefs and practices. He lived for eighty years and his humanistic movementthrived for more than thousand years until Kumarila Bhat and Adi Shankaracharya
contrived to kill the movement by the usual Brahmanic Strategy of creating differencesamong Buddha’s followers, and later persecuted and banished them.From this time onwards, Hindu movement re-established itself and began to gainmomentum. Those who were untouchables so far became unseeable and more subhumanthan before. Greater restrictions were placed on their daily lives reducing them toabject poverty. Their labour continued to be exploited in agriculture, house building andpetty industrial concerns. Payment of wages to them was never thought of. They were,
however allowed to beg for alms at night and freed themselves. After the harvest, theywere allowed to pick up what was left scattered in the fields They were not allowed to take part in festivities of any kind. They were not allowed to put on new clothes or chappals or carry lathis. Their marriages could take place only during the months when
agricultural labour was not required. They could not visit other villages without the permission of the local villages officers. Thus inter-village communication was also
prohibited. Neither could they approach temples or schools. If they fell ill, death was the only remedy, because no Vaid would treat them. The main through fares was out of
bound for them; so were the wells. They could take water only from running brooks even if they were miles away from the villages. On occasions when human sacrifice was
considered essential, the Scheduled Caste people came in handy. People outside India wonder why we did not revolt. They do not know that the Caste Hindus had instilled a
belief into our minds that we were suffering because of our past sins committed in the previous birth. Our simple and unsophisticated ancestors believed them. (Vide the creed
of Poonarjanma.)
Centuries rolled by in this way. The coming in of Muslims from across the North-Western frontiers made no difference, as the Pandits promised support to the new rulers on the condition that they would not interfere with Hindu religion, or their customs and traditions. Muslim rule later gave place to British rule. This period opened up a few chances for the economic betterment of the Scheduled Castes. The most outstanding event of this period was the realization by the Caste Hindus of the importance of number
in a democratic regime. It was at this stage that the so-called movements for the removal of untouchability and temple entry were started to beguile and hoodwink us into further submission. Tilak, Ranade, Gokhale, Dr.Moonje and Gandhi came out in the open as saviour of the Untouchables.
During this period, fortunately for these unhappy people, Dr.Ambedkar their woman,took up the cudgels on their behalf and worked ceaselessly until he secured recognition
from British Government for Scheduled Castes as an entity deserving special care. This recognition came as a bolt from the blue to the entire Hindu Community and their leader
Gandhi threatened to fast unto death unless thisrecognition was withdrawn. All Caste Hindu leaders and their press begged, cajoled and later threatened Dr.Ambedkar to agree
to Gandhiji’s formula known as “Poona Pact”. Dr. Ambedkar yielded under duress butlater repented for having done so, as the Hindus themselves repudiated the “Poona Pact”,
Dr. Ambedkar’s efforts were thus nullified. But he succeeded in creating self-respect andself-reliance among our educated young men. After Independence, all sorts of promises and pledges were incorporated in the Constitution but the right of the Caste Hindus to select candidates to represent the Scheduled Castes and other minorities was introduced. This has sounded our death knell.
We cannot hope to make any progress at all unless and until we get back our right.
1. To elect our own representatives.
2. To run our own educational institutions
3. To have our separate settlements where we will be free to live our own lives.
Our educational institutions will follow the common syllabus framed by the State educational authorities, provided, distortions and misrepresentations contained in the History of India are removed and replaced by correct facts. This can be done only if scholars representing Mool Bharatis and other minorities are represented on the Board of Historical Studies.
To achieve all this, we have to declare the fundamental and historical truth that we MoolBharatis are not Hindus and are not prepared to help them to establish Hindu raj in India in the name of Secular Socialist Democracy. We have suffered and sacrificed enough. Let us now rehabilitate ourselves. This is my humble message to the educated youths of the Mool Bharatis. Friend! know your own history. Only then will you be able to make History.In doing so please remember two essential factors We are all Mool Bharatis.
Do not think and act in terms of
Chora, Chamber
Balmiki, Mala,
Madiga, Mahar, Mang,
Holiya, Madir, Mochi,
Mehra, Matand, Samgar,
Jatav, Satnami,
Namasudra, Goud, Bhil,
Santal, Mizo, Khasi,
Bhumia, Mazhabi, Kabirpanthi
Sansi, Banjara,
Male, Masti, Mether,
Dusadh, Paradi, Pagi,
Arundhathi, Ajila, Kanakkan,
Pallan, Bausodi,
Yezawa, Dhanuk, Bedajungam,
Venkar, Dhor, Newars,
Megh, Dhed, Dom, Kanjar,
Halalkhor, Ramdasi,
Ravidasi, Chenchu, Konda,
Dora, Koya, Dhammi,
Kuki, Miri, Bhumij, Chammpa,
Mannan, Iambani,
Medar, Naga Bhatia, Mru,
Malumi, Milacheri,
Munda, Adi Andhra,
Adi,Karnataka, Adi Dravida,
Adi Dharmi, Adi Vasi etc.1
We cannot feel and become one unless we erase from our minds this divisive nomenclature which has been created by the Caste Hindus to keep us divided and weak. Once a month, we should publicly demonstrate our unity and strength by convening a joint mass meeting of all constituent elements of our community, whose leaders should be made to sit on the platform and declare with one voice that they are all Mool Bharatis.
We must throw this nomenclature in the faces of Caste Hindus and close our ranks.Do not be disheartened if you find our leaders in different camps. They have not
forgotten that they themselves are Mool Bharatis, nor have they forgotten us from whom they derive their strength. Whether ‘X’ works with the Congress ‘Y’ with the Republican
Party or ‘Z’ joins hands with the minorities, they are all one with us and cannot afford to let our cause down. Bhim Sena workers should not condemn them or speak ill of them
because they have infiltrated into the camp of our oppressors. They will all come back to us and work with us when they realise that we have developed strong consciousness and have become a solid rock of suppressed humanity which is now going to break its bonds of slavery for good and march ahead towards triumphs and success.
Persons not belonging to the Scheduled -Castes and Tribes, provided they agree with our aims and objects, and do not believe in turning one cheek if the other is slapped, can join the BHIM SENA, whatever non-Hindu religion they may profess.
Be true to thyself
Yours fraternally,
B. Shyam Sunder
The Why and How of Bhim Sena
AIMS AND OBJECTS :
Letters are pouring in from all parts of India asking for a comprehensive list of do’s and
dont’s for Bhim Sena workers. Before satisfying their requirements, I must make it clear that Bhim Sena is a self-defence movement based on the natural instinct of self preservation. It will teach our people to be self-reliant and inculcate in them feeling of self-respect. It is not parochial, communal, or linguistic like some other senas. It is anAll India movement based on Truth and Non-Violence. Its main plank is that we do not consider India as a country belonging only to caste Hindus; it belongs to all its inhabitants. Power and authority in India cannot be the monopoly of the Hindus; non-Hindus should share it also, among whom the majority is of Mool Bharatis.BHIM SENA should be organised on a district wise basis. The inauguration ceremony should be held at the District Head-quarters to which representatives from various Taluks
of the district should be invited. The Chairman will be nominated by the President of Bharatiya Bhim Sena in consultation with the district workers. The Taluk representatives should then organise on lines. It is thus that Bhim Sena spirit would gradually percolate
to all towns and important villages.
Our flag
The Flag of the Bhim Sena will be blue. In the centre there will be a white shining sun
in which there will be likeness of the plough, the hammer and the arrow in red colourrepresenting peasants, workers and the traves. The plough also indicates that the
Scheduled Castes are the principal producers of food, the hammer indicates that they are the power behind all industrial activities, while the arrow shows that it is they who once ruled India, then known as Mangbhumi, or Mangbhumi, and still represent its physical powers.
An organisation of the Mool Bharatis Bhim Sena represents the eyes, the ears and the limb of the Scheduled Castes and Tribes Federation. The aim of the district worker should be to enlist at least 10% of the male population of Scheduled Caste inhabitants in the district. Only persons between the age of fifteen and fifty-five should be recruited. For leaders and organisers, there is no age
limit.
Self-defence is our main object
All members of Bhim Sena should always move in batches and hold early morning parades under the guidance of an ex-army man or ex-policeman. On the first Sunday of
every month, there should be exchange of visits between the District Headquarters and the Taluks by mutual arrangement. There should also be a congregation of all Scheduled
Caste workers the same evening after dinner, where they will come to know each other’s problems and difficulties.
Build up our bargaining power
Agriculture labourers, factory workers, tradesmen, artisans, muncipal labourers and sundry workers should organise themselves on trade union basis under the auspices of Bhim Sena. The ultimate aim should be that all such organizations should be controlled by the Bhim Sena.
In case of economic sanction Occasion may arise when the caste Hindus of a particular village may apply economic
sanctions against our people in order to browbeat them and break their strength. If such occasions arise, it will be the duty of BHIM SENA workers to provide relief and succour
to them from neighboring villages and report the matter to higher authorities, who will organize relief on a wider basis. They should also send applications to the Collector, the Superintendent of Police and the District Magistrate. If immediate response is not forth coming they should visit the Collector’s office in a body and make personal
representations. Prepare for census and election work
The more important aspect of Bhim Sena activities are mentioned below :
a) District Intelligence Service should be organised. We should know what plans are
being hatched against us. Only intelligent, reliable and nature persons, who would not yield under the influence of the Police, the village officers, the Congress, the
R.S.S., the Jan Sangh or any other party opposed to our interests, should be taken in the Intelligence Service.
b) Trained units should be established to render first aid to our people when Caste Hindus or others assault them.
c) Adult education parties should be organised which will explain to the Scheduled Caste, in the course of their tours, the intricacies of census operations, elections,
police prosecution etc., In the Census, our population is shown much less than what it actually is. Our workers should accompany enumerators and check their entries. So also, during elections our names are not included in the Voters List.Our ballot papers are tampered with. Our voters are physically prevented from exercising their vote. Our members are harassed and persecuted by the police
near polling booths.d) The Legal Aid Committee should explain to our people the laws of the Criminal
Procedure Code, which come into operation at the times of riots, looting, strikesand elections.Train photographers
e) The Bhim Sena should carry cameras on important occasions. This will help in organising legal defence and also in arranging authentic, Publicity in foreign
countries.
f) The Bhim Sena should proclaim the age-old truth that the Scheduled Castes arenot and have never been Hindus that they are the real Mool Bharatis whom the Buddha tries to emancipate from the oppression of Caste Hindus. Our God is
Truth and resides in the temple of our own hearts.
One of the functions of Bhim Sena will be to protect Scheduled Castes from the ravagesof arson. Their huts, petty farms and meager properties are set fire to Bhim Sena
Volunteers must learn how to put out fires.District Organisers will want to know what should be the strength of the Sena in theirdistrict. The answer is simple. It should be double that of our enemy agents who, in theiracts of aggression, receive the aid of the Police and the Military also. Our people, far from receiving relief and aid, are set upon and the Police, who start arresting our innocent
people, suppress our self-defence activities, least they may retaliate in fury. It has been constantly observed that in all prisons, it is the Scheduled Caste alone who are compelled to do scavenging work for the other inmates. We should strongly resent and protest against this practice. We expect all Bhim Sena members to raise hue and cry against thisand organise mass demonstrations in front of all Central PrisonUltimate aim of Bhim Sena
The ultimate aims of the Bhim Sena will be to arouse among the fifteen crore ScheduledCastes, the urge to fight and die for the attainment of the following three objectives: -
Separate settlement30% compact and contiguous villages in every taluk should be vacated by Caste Hindus
and handed over exclusively to the Scheduled Castes. The area should be choosen inconsultation with our real leaders.
Separate universityThe People’s Education Society founded by Baba Saheb Ambedkar should here- after run the future Ambedkar University to which all colleges manned and attended by our youths, should be affiliated.
Separate election
We must get our birth right of selecting our own representatives. This sacred right hasbeen taken away from us firstly by the Constitution itself, which has provided for general electorates, and secondly the Election Commission which, in the delimitation of theconstituencies, splits up all villages inhabited by minorities and includes them in theneighboring constituencies to give Caste Hindus a deciding voice in every constituency in all parts of India. The result is that the elections have been reduced to a farce. The so called elective bodies have, since Independence, been consisting only of Caste Hindus and their stooges. Indian brand of democracy has become an international scandal, a plaything of black-marketers, corrupt politicians, exploiters of under-dogs and free-bootersaided by Police and the administrative machinery. Expression of free will is tabooed.
How long can we fool America, Russia and the rest of the World that India is a Secular
and Socialist Democracy?
Our Slogan “We are Not Hindu”
This is an undeniable fact of history. In the beginning of the present century, when Hindus realised that democracy can mean Hindu Raj if only the Scheduled castes and Tribes are enumerated among Hindus, they started wooing us. Thanks to Dr. Ambedkar,we escaped their net, but it 1932, Gandhiji again entangled us and in 1950, Sardar Patel subdued us. During all this period. Hindus ill-treated us, looked down upon us and denied to us our natural rights. They have always exploited our labour. They obtain millions of foreign currency on our behalf and in our name and grow richer at our expense. This sordid game of deceit and chicanery must end once and for all. Mool Bharatis must come into their own. Buddha’s dream must, come true.
Jai Bharat
A Separate Political Organization for Mool Bharatis.
Why Federation of Scheduled Castes and Tribes on an All India Basis?
1. Because of their poverty, illiteracy and unnerving influence of the Caste Hindusin the villages, the fifteen crore Scheduled Castes and Tribes all over India are
being exploited by different political and religious organizations for purposes which do not do any good to the Scheduled Castes and Tribes themselves.
2. Because they are traditionally superstitious and suffer from age-long inferiority complex, they cannot become their ‘True Selves’ unless separate settlements areestablished for them and they are given the right to elect their own representatives direct to all the elective bodies stipulated in the Indian Constitution.
3. Because the Scheduled Castes and Tribes are an important element in the Nationallife of India, whose importance is sought to be minimised by the Caste Hindus by merging them in the Hindu fold. Baba Saheb Ambedkar saw through this game
and was seriously trying for their uplift but the Caste Hindus, taking advantage of Gandhiji’s threatened fast unto death at Poona foiled Baba Saheb’s efforts to raise
the Scheduled Castes and Tribes to their natural level.
4 Because as long as the Scheduled Castes and Tribes are dependent for their living,education, trade, agriculture, employment and other development activities on the
Caste Hindus, they will continue to remain what they are, to break this vicious circle, they must become self-reliant and self-supporting by organizing themselves on the basis of All India Scheduled Castes and Tribes Federation and
by demanding separate University and above all, separate Electorates. Political Power cannot come as a gift, it has to be wrested from unwilling hands of the
Caste Hindus.
Appendix Notes
1. An Introduction to the Cultural History of India Page 2
by Dr. N.Subrahmanian M.A., Ph.D. Madras 1958
2. The Original Inhabitants of Bharat Varsha By Gustov Oppert
3. Civilization in Ancient India By R.C.Dutt
Report of the Commissioner for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes for the
year 1961-62
In some villages of Andhra Pradesh, even now, Scheduled Caste people have to wait in a
row, with their earthen pots, on the embankment of tanks till some Caste Hindu would
come and pour water into their pots, according to his own convenience. The Scheduled
Caste bridge-groom cannot put on a turban with Turra in some of the villages of Madhya
Pradesh. In some areas of this State, band music is not allowed to be played at the time of
marriage among the Scheduled Castes, their womenfolk cannot wear bangles and other
ornaments made of silver and the Scheduled Caste people are not allowed to ride a horse
or use a bullock-cart as means of transport. Untouchability is still practiced in many parts
of the country, in some form or other, the most common ones being
1. Denying access to public restaurants and hotels and the use of utensils kept in
such places for general public :
2. Not allowing the use of wells, tanks, water taps and other sources of water:
3. Denial of service by barbers, dhobis etc, and
4. Denial of hired accommodation to Scheduled Castes persons when posted in rural
areas.”
5. Civilization in Ancient India By R.C.Dutt See also
a) Gowthama Dharma Sutras1-4-16 & 1-16
b) Manu Smriti 0129
c) Later Hindu Civilization By R.C.Dutt
6. Vedant Bhashia 1-3-37 By Ramanujacharya and Vashist Smriti Chapter 18
7. Bhagwad Gita Chapter 9 sloka 32
8. Pronounced Bood – hah
9 & 10 Begining of eight Century A.D
11 Award announced by : Ramsay Macdonald
12. What congress and Gandhi have done to the untouchables
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IN THE COURT OF THE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE,
GULBARGA DISTRICT.
File no. DCP-MSC-68-69
Sub: Order dated 13th June 1968 passed by the District Magistrate Gulbarga District
under section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
Present:- Shri. Ahmed Siddiqui,
Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate
Gulbarga District .
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O R D E R
The facts of the case in brief are that in the morning of 13th June, 1968 the Superintendent of Police, Gulbarga informed me in person that Sri.B.Shyam Sunder, Ex-M.L.A., is likely to hold a meeting on the same day at Gulbarga city and to speak about the formation of Bhim Sena exhorting the local Harijans to discard and dishonor the Hindu gods
and Goddesses which is extremely likely to cause annoyance to the followers of Hindu community and thereby lead to disturbance of public tranquility. Thereupon a letter dated 13th June , 1968 was addressed to Sri. B. Shyam Sunder requesting him to meet the under signed immediately at my office to discuss the details of his programme having regard to the law and order situation. In response to this request Sri. B .Shyam Sunder did not meet the under signed
but passed a note on the duplicate copy of the said letter stating that he was not addressing any public meeting, that the function is only meant for Bhim Sena members and a few invitees and that no questions of any law and order arises. On 13th June 1968 sun, speech delivered at public
meeting held near Tirandaz Talkies, Gulbarga ON 28-4-1968 had exhorted the to stop worshiping Hindu Gods and Goddesses and to discard them that as a direct result of his speech some local Harijans dis-figured the paintings of Hindu Gods and Goddesses in the Harijan Dharmashala situated at Jagat locality of Gulbarga City and burn some photograph of Hindu Gods and Goddesses on 30th April,1968, that a case in Crime No 51/68 Under section 295 IPC
had been registered , that this action of local Harijans which was taken on the advise of Shri. B.Shyam Sunder lead to communal tension as the religious feelings of Hindu Community were injured on account of the actions of Shri. B.Shyam Sunder and the local Harijans , that in an
interview with the correspondent of the Anti-Corruption weekly published in its issue dated 12-5-1968 Shri. B. Shyam Sunder had stated that the members of Bhim Sena which he was organising would burn the Hindu Gods, that Shri. B. Shyam Sunder is likely to extort the local Harijans to discard and dishonor Hindu Gods and Goddesses , that is extremely likely that the speechless of Shri.B . Shyam Sunder may cause annoyance to the followers of Hindu religion and thereby lead to disturbance of public tranquility and that possibility of riots also cannot be
ruled out.
He therefore requested that immediate preventive action be taken under Sec.144 of Cr.P.C., directing Shri.B.Shyam Sunder,Ex.M.L.A to abstain from giving any speech dishonoringthe God and Goddesses of other communities and did not meet me at the office in the forenoonof 13th June, 1968 and the time was very short and the circumstances did not admit of theserving in due time of a Notice upon MR. Sham Sunder and also due to the aforesaid reason an
emergency had arisen the undersigned passed an ex parte order under Section 144 of the CrPC13th June, 1968 directing Shri. B.Shyam Sunder to abstain from giving any speech or speechesdishonoring the Hindu Gods and Goddesses, casting aspersions on various religions and on the
persons following them, causing ill-feeing commencing from 1600 hours of the 13th June, 1968to 1600 hours on 13th June, 1968 within the Municipal Limit of Gulbarga city. on the servedcoy of the said order Shri Shyam Sunder stated that he had already intimated that he was notholding any and order and that he was meeting with the people in a private place.Shri. B.Shyam Sunder sent a letter dated 16-06-1968 addressed to the undersignedwhich was received on 19th June, 1968, the relevant portions of which extracted below;-
“ As I and my community namely scheduled castes do not believe in Hindu God andGoddesses and do not wish to retain with us clay idols and pictures supposed torepresent them, we have decided to discard them out of our free will. This act cannotand need not displease any Hindu for simple reason that we do not regard these claymodels as Gods or Goddesses. Our purpose is not want to retain.
Your order further states that I or member of my community cast aspersions on various religion let me assure you most solemnly that we have not to do with religions of persons other than that own. Therefore, the question of casting as peas does not arise.The difference of the constitution, when the intellectual I am surprised that the magistracy should stoop to act as agents of persons whose ancestors and leaders have for the last three thousand years been exploiting us our labour for political and commercial ends and who in order to swell their members have thought fit to include us among the Hindu to form their own Government, while at the same excluding us from the benefits of the Government and offices of authority. This attitude wills both state and Central Government into disrepute.
He therefore requested to withdraw the and inform him within a fortnight to obviate his going-over to Gulbarga to defy the order which he does not want to do. Thereupon a show cause notice dated 24th June, 1968 Was issued to Shri. Shyam Sunder affording him an opportunity of appearing before the undersigned in person or by pleader at 03.P.M
On 2nd June, 1968 and how cause against the said order. On 2nd July 1968 Shri .B.Shyam Sunder sent a telegram informing that a letter had been posted. The relevant portion of his letter dated 1-7-68 is extracted below:-
“The case is simple. I or my people having nothing to do with Hindu religion. It is the Hindus, their scriptures, their Gurus, the Profits, Swamis, Pandits and political leaders etc., who considered us Panchamas and feelings of self respect and dignity for centuries and they continue to do so today in spite of the constitution. If you must serve an order on somebody, you should serve it on the leaders of caste Hindus. Why penalize me for their fault? The best course for you would be to withdraw the order and let a meeting beheld if local schedules caste workers so desire. I assure you that Hindu leaders have no cause to request you to place a ban on our meetings”.
I have gone through the entire records of the case very carefully. In order dated 13thJune, 1968 issued by the undersigned under sec.144 of the Cr. P.C. Shri. B. Shyam Sunder,various religions and on the persons following them, causing ill-feeling between various communities. The operating portion of the aforesaid order is quite clear definite, qualified and self explanatory. No blanket order such has been passed denying Shri. B. Shyam Sunder to
deliver any speech whatsoever. The order directs him to abstain from giving only such speeches dishonoring Hindu Gods and Goddesses, casting aspersions on various religions and on the persons following them causing ill-feeling between various following them, causing ill-feeling
between various communities.From the above aforesaid letters it is quite clear that he has not given assurance that he would not make any speech or speeches dishonoring Hindu Gods and Goddesses casting aspersions on various religions and on the persons following them, causing ill-feelings between various communities, though he has indicated that he does not propose to give such speech or
speeches. If Shri. B. Shyam Sunder does not propose to make such speech or speeches , the purpose of the order is fulfilled .Under these circumstances I still continue to hold the opinion that if Mr.B.Shyam Sunder were to give any speech or speeches dishonoring Hindu Gods and Goddesses , casting aspersions on various religions and on the persons following them, causing ill-feeling between various communities, they are likely to result in great danger to human life and property and disturbance to public tranquility not only within the local limits of City Municipality Gulbarga but elsewhere also. I therefore do not find any cogent reason to withdraw the order dated 13th
June 1968 passed under section 144 of Cr. P.C.
For the reasons stated in paras above I hold that Shri. B Sham Sunder has not shown a valid reason for rescinding or altering the aforesaid order, therefore his petitions dated 16th June and 1st July are rejected.Dictated to stenographer, typescript edits and pronounced in the open court this 8th day
of July, 1968.
Sd/-
(Ahmed Siddiqui)
BHIM SENA
Vade – Mecum for Fifteen Crore Mool Bharatis
Sri B. Shyam Sundar inaugurated Bhim Sena at Gulbarga
Sri. H. Shreyeskar and Sri Bhimrao Bharati are also seen
“We Mool Bharatis are not Hindus and are not prepared to help them to establish
Hindu Raj in India in the name of Secular Socialist Democracy. We have
suffered and sacrificed enough. Let us now rehabilitate ourselves. This is my
humble message to the educated youths of the Mool Bharatis. Friends! Know
your own history. Only then will you be able to make history”.
B. Shyam Sundar
Published by
H.Shreyesker
President
Mool Bharati B.Shyam Sunder Memorial Society
B.Shyam Sunder Marg . Gulbarga 585105 (Karnataka State )
e-mail shreyesker@gmail.com
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A WORD WITH MOOL BHARATIS
OUR PAST & PRESENT
B.SHYAM SUNDER
Young comrades
You know the pitiable conditions in which we live today.
You also know that Caste Hindus are solely responsible for our plight.
But please do not believe that we have always been in this condition. We were the rulers
of this country before the advent of the un-cultured Aryans We had our own language,
culture and history. The new comers so framed history to create an impression that those,
who are now known as Scheduled Caste and Tribes had always been ignorant,
uncultured, unclean, superstitious and are destined to remain so unless the Caste Hindus
come to their rescue and uplift them.
Friends let me tell you frankly that the Caste Hindu historians and leaders have given us a
totally false impression and are making false claims. It is they who suppressed our
history, ruined our culture, denied to us the light of knowledge, drove us into jungles,
usurped our lands, deprived us of our wealth, dislocated our economy, killed our wise
and holy men, slaughtered our valiant youths, corrupted our rising generation and
eventually with the force of arms, succeeded in creating terror, despondency and
frustration among our young men. This, in a nut-shell, is a brief synopsis of our history
during the last three thousand years. Things have not improved much, though we are
supposed to be free.
Verses were interpolated in Hindu religious discourses, which had the effect of inciting
the listeners to ill-treat our forefathers and deprive them of bare human rights. We were
called the “Rakshasa” the “Mlechchas” and were not allowed to own land or accumulate
wealth. We had to live outside the village and away from society. Caste Hindu leaders
started a theory that our people are “walking burial grounds” and therefore, their touch
would pollute them. A belief was spread among the Caste Hindus that the Untouchables
are the products of Sin (Papayoniah) and born sinners.
At this stage was born the Buddha who raised a banner of revolt against all these
inhuman beliefs and practices. He lived for eighty years and his humanistic movement
thrived for more than thousand years until Kumarila Bhat and Adi Shankaracharya
contrived to kill the movement by the usual Brahmanic Strategy of creating differences
among Buddha’s followers, and later persecuted and banished them.
From this time onwards, Hindu movement re-established itself and began to gain
momentum. Those who were untouchables so far became unseeable and more subhuman
than before. Greater restrictions were placed on their daily lives reducing them to
abject poverty. Their labour continued to be exploited in agriculture, house building and
petty industrial concerns. Payment of wages to them was never thought of. They were,
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however allowed to beg for alms at night and feed themselves. After the harvest, they
were allowed to pick up what was left scattered in the fields They were not allowed to
take part in festivities of any kind. They were not allowed to put on new clothes or
chappals or carry lathis. Their marriages could take place only during the months when
agricultural labour was not required. They could not visit other villages without the
permission of the local villages officers. Thus inter-village communication was also
prohibited. Neither could they approach temples or schools. If they fell ill, death was the
only remedy, because no Vaid would treat them. The main through fares was out of
bound for them; so were the wells. They could take water only from running brooks even
if they were miles away from the villages. On occasions when human sacrifice was
considered essential, the Scheduled Caste people came in handy. People outside India
wonder why we did not revolt. They do not know that the Caste Hindus had instilled a
belief into our minds that we were suffering because of our past sins committed in the
previous birth. Our simple and unsophisticated ancestors believed them. (Vide the creed
of Poonarjanma.)
Centuries rolled by in this way. The coming in of Muslims from across the North-
Western frontiers made no difference, as the Pandits promised support to the new rulers
on the condition that they would not interfere with Hindu religion, or their customs and
traditions. Muslim rule later gave place to British rule. This period opened up a few
chances for the economic betterment of the Scheduled Castes. The most outstanding
event of this period was the realisation by the Caste Hindus of the importance of number
in a democratic regime. It was at this stage that the so-called movements for the removal
of untouchability and temple entry were started to beguile and hoodwink us into further
submission. Tilak, Ranade, Gokhale, Dr.Moonje and Gandhi came out in the open as
saviour of the Untouchables.
During this period, fortunately for these unhappy people, Dr.Ambedkar their woman,
took up the cudgels on their behalf and worked ceaselessly until he secured recognition
from British Government for Scheduled Castes as an entity deserving special care. This
recognition came as a bolt from the blue to the entire Hindu Community and their leader
Gandhi threatened to fast unto death unless this recognition was withdrawn. All Caste
Hindu leaders and their press begged, cajoled and later threatened Dr.Ambedkar to agree
to Gandhiji’s formula known as “Poona Pact”. Dr. Ambedkar yielded under duress but
later repented for having done so, as the Hindus themselves repudiated the “Poona Pact”,
Dr. Ambedkar’s efforts were thus nullified. But he succeeded in creating self-respect and
self-reliance among our educated young men.
After Independence, all sorts of promises and pledges were incorporated in the
Constitution but the right of the Caste Hindus to select candidates to represent the
Scheduled Castes and other minorities was introduced. This has sounded our death knell.
We cannot hope to make any progress at all unless and until we get back our right.
1. To elect our own representatives.
2. To run our own educational institutions
3. To have our separate settlements where we will be free to live our own lives.
Our educational institutions will follow the common syllabus framed by the State
educational authorities, provided, distortions and misrepresentations contained in the
History of India are removed and replaced by correct facts. This can be done only if
scholars representing Mool Bharatis and other minorities are represented on the Board of
Historical Studies.
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To achieve all this, we have to declare the fundamental and historical truth that we Mool
Bharatis are not Hindus and are not prepared to help them to establish Hindu raj in India
in the name of Secular Socialist Democracy. We have suffered and sacrificed enough. Let
us now rehabilitate ourselves. This is my humble message to the educated youths of the
Mool Bharatis. Friend! know your own history. Only then will you be able to make
History.In doing so please remember two essential factors
We are all Mool Bharatis.
Do not think and act in terms of
Chora, Chamber
Balmiki, Mala,
Madiga, Mahar, Mang,
Holiya, Madir, Mochi,
Mehra, Matand, Samgar,
Jatav, Satnami,
Namasudra, Goud, Bhil,
Santal, Mizo, Khasi,
Bhumia, Mazhabi, Kabirpanthi
Sansi, Banjara,
Male, Masti, Mether,
Dusadh, Paradi, Pagi,
Arundhathi, Ajila, Kanakkan,
Pallan, Bausodi,
Yezawa, Dhanuk, Bedajungam,
Venkar, Dhor, Newars,
Megh, Dhed, Dom, Kanjar,
Halalkhor, Ramdasi,
Ravidasi, Chenchu, Konda,
Dora, Koya, Dhammi,
Kuki, Miri, Bhumij, Chammpa,
Mannan, Iambani,
Medar, Naga Bhatia, Mru,
Malumi, Milacheri,
Munda, Adi Andhra,
Adi,Karnataka, Adi Dravida,
Adi Dharmi, Adi Vasi etc.1
We cannot feel and become one unless we erase from our minds this divisive
nomenclature which has been created by the Caste Hindus to keep us divided and weak.
Once a month, we should publicly demonstrate our unity and strength by convening a
joint mass meeting of all constituent elements of our community, whose leaders should
be made to sit on the platform and declare with one voice that they are all Mool Bharatis.
We must throw this nomenclature in the faces of Caste Hindus and close our ranks.
Do not be disheartened if you find our leaders in different camps. They have not
forgotten that they themselves are Mool Bharatis, nor have they forgotten us from whom
they derive their strength. Whether ‘X’ works with the Congress ‘Y’ with the Republican
Party or ‘Z’ joins hands with the minorities, they are all one with us and cannot afford to
let our cause down. Bhim Sena workers should not condemn them or speak ill of them
because they have infiltrated into the camp of our oppressors. They will all come back to
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us and work with us when they realise that we have developed strong consciousness and
have become a solid rock of suppressed humanity which is now going to break its bonds
of slavery for good and march ahead towards triumphs and success.
Persons not belonging to the Scheduled -Castes and Tribes, provided they agree with our
aims and objects, and do not believe in turning one cheek if the other is slapped, can join
the BHIM SENA, whatever non-Hindu religion they may profess.
Be true to thyself
Yours fraternally,
B. Shyam Sunder
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The Why and How of Bhim Sena
AIMS AND OBJECTS :
Letters are pouring in from all parts of India asking for a comprehensive list of do’s and
dont’s for Bhim Sena workers. Before satisfying their requirements, I must make it clear
that Bhim Sena is a self-defence movement based on the natural instinct of selfpreservation.
It will teach our people to be self-reliant and inculcate in them feeling of
self-respect. It is not parochial, communal, or linguistic like some other senas. It is an
All India movement based on Truth and Non-Violence. Its main plank is that we do not
consider India as a country belonging only to caste Hindus; it belongs to all its
inhabitants. Power and authority in India cannot be the monopoly of the Hindus; non-
Hindus should share it also, among whom the majority is of Mool Bharatis.
BHIM SENA should be organised on a district wise basis. The inauguration ceremony
should be held at the District Head-quarters to which representatives from various Taluks
of the district should be invited. The Chairman will be nominated by the President of
Bharatiya Bhim Sena in consultation with the district workers. The Taluk representatives
should then organise on lines. It is thus that Bhim Sena spirit would gradually percolate
to all towns and important villages.
Our flag
The Flag of the Bhim Sena will be blue. In the centre there will be a white shining sun
in which there will be likeness of the plough, the hammer and the arrow in red colour
representing peasants, workers and the traves. The plough also indicates that the
Scheduled Castes are the principal producers of food, the hammer indicates that they are
the power behind all industrial activities, while the arrow shows that it is they who once
ruled India, then known as Mangbhumi, or Mangbhumi, and still represent its physical
powers.
An organisation of the Mool Bharatis
Bhim Sena represents the eyes, the ears and the limb of the Scheduled Castes and Tribes
Federation. The aim of the district worker should be to enlist at least 10% of the male
population of Scheduled Caste inhabitants in the district. Only persons between the age
of fifteen and fifty-five should be recruited. For leaders and organisers, there is no age
limit.
Self-defence is our main object
All members of Bhim Sena should always move in batches and hold early morning
parades under the guidance of an ex-army man or ex-policeman. On the first Sunday of
every month, there should be exchange of visits between the District Headquarters and
the Taluks by mutual arrangement. There should also be a congregation of all Scheduled
Caste workers the same evening after dinner, where they will come to know each other’s
problems and difficulties.
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Build up our bargaining power
Agriculture labourers, factory workers, tradesmen, artisans, muncipal labourers and
sundry workers should organise themselves on trade union basis under the auspices of
Bhim Sena. The ultimate aim should be that all such organizations should be controlled
by the Bhim Sena.
In case of economic sanction
Occasion may arise when the caste Hindus of a particular village may apply economic
sanctions against our people in order to browbeat them and break their strength. If such
occasions arise, it will be the duty of BHIM SENA workers to provide relief and succour
to them from neighboring villages and report the matter to higher authorities, who will
organize relief on a wider basis. They should also send applications to the Collector, the
Superintendent of Police and the District Magistrate. If immediate response is not forth
coming they should visit the Collector’s office in a body and make personal
representations.
Prepare for census and election work
The more important aspect of Bhim Sena activities are mentioned below :
a) District Intelligence Service should be organised. We should know what plans are
being hatched against us. Only intelligent, reliable and nature persons, who would
not yield under the influence of the Police, the village officers, the Congress, the
R.S.S., the Jan Sangh or any other party opposed to our interests, should be taken
in the Intelligence Service.
b) Trained units should be established to render first aid to our people when Caste
Hindus or others assault them.
c) Adult education parties should be organised which will explain to the Scheduled
Caste, in the course of their tours, the intricacies of census operations, elections,
police prosecution etc., In the Census, our population is shown much less than
what it actually is. Our workers should accompany enumerators and check their
entries. So also, during elections our names are not included in the Voters List.
Our ballot papers are tampered with. Our voters are physically prevented from
exercising their vote. Our members are harassed and persecuted by the police
near polling booths.
d) The Legal Aid Committee should explain to our people the laws of the Criminal
Procedure Code, which come into operation at the times of riots, looting, strikes
and elections.
Train photographers
e) The Bhim Sena should carry cameras on important occasions. This will help in
organising legal defence and also in arranging authentic, Publicity in foreign
countries.
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f) The Bhim Sena should proclaim the age-old truth that the Scheduled Castes are
not and have never been Hindus that they are the real Mool Bharatis whom the
Buddha tries to emancipate from the oppression of Caste Hindus. Our God is
Truth and resides in the temple of our own hearts.
One of the functions of Bhim Sena will be to protect Scheduled Castes from the ravages
of arson. Their huts, petty farms and meager properties are set fire to Bhim Sena
Volunteers must learn how to put out fires.
District Organisers will want to know what should be the strength of the Sena in their
district. The answer is simple. It should be double that of our enemy agents who, in their
acts of aggression, receive the aid of the Police and the Military also. Our people, far
from receiving relief and aid, are set upon and the Police, who start arresting our innocent
people, suppress our self-defence activities, least they may retaliate in fury. It has been
constantly observed that in all prisons, it is the Scheduled Caste alone who are compelled
to do scavenging work for the other inmates. We should strongly resent and protest
against this practice. We expect all Bhim Sena members to raise hue and cry against this
and organise mass demonstrations in front of all Central Prison
Ultimate aim of Bhim Sena
The ultimate aims of the Bhim Sena will be to arouse among the fifteen crore Scheduled
Castes, the urge to fight and die for the attainment of the following three objectives: -
Separate settlement
30% compact and contiguous villages in every taluk should be vacated by Caste Hindus
and handed over exclusively to the Scheduled Castes. The area should be choosen in
consultation with our real leaders.
Separate university
The People’s Education Society founded by Baba Saheb Ambedkar should here- after run
the future Ambedkar University to which all colleges manned and attended by our
youths, should be affiliated.
Separate election
We must get our birth right of selecting our own representatives. This sacred right has
been taken away from us firstly by the Constitution itself, which has provided for general
electorates, and secondly the Election Commission which, in the delimitation of the
constituencies, splits up all villages inhabited by minorities and includes them in the
neighboring constituencies to give Caste Hindus a deciding voice in every constituency in
all parts of India. The result is that the elections have been reduced to a farce. The socalled
elective bodies have, since Independence, been consisting only of Caste Hindus
and their stooges. Indian brand of democracy has become an international scandal, a plaything
of black-marketers, corrupt politicians, exploiters of under-dogs and free-booters
aided by Police and the administrative machinery. Expression of free will is tabooed.
How long can we fool America, Russia and the rest of the World that India is a Secular
and Socialist Democracy?
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Our Slogan “We are Not Hindu”
This is an undeniable fact of history. In the beginning of the present century, when
Hindus realised that democracy can mean Hindu Raj if only the Scheduled castes and
Tribes are enumerated among Hindus, they started wooing us. Thanks to Dr. Ambedkar,
we escaped their net, but it 1932, Gandhiji again entangled us and in 1950, Sardar Patel
subdued us. During all this period. Hindus ill-treated us, looked down upon us and
denied to us our natural rights. They have always exploited our labour. They obtain
millions of foreign currency on our behalf and in our name and grow richer at our
expense. This sordid game of deceit and chicanery must end once and for all. Mool
Bharatis must come into their own. Buddha’s dream must, come true.
Jai Bharat
A Separate Political Organization for Mool Bharatis.
Why Federation of Scheduled Castes and Tribes on an All India Basis?
1. Because of their poverty, illiteracy and unnerving influence of the Caste Hindus
in the villages, the fifteen crore Scheduled Castes and Tribes all over India are
being exploited by different political and religious organizations for purposes
which do not do any good to the Scheduled Castes and Tribes themselves.
2. Because they are traditionally superstitious and suffer from age-long inferiority
complex, they cannot become their ‘True Selves’ unless separate settlements are
established for them and they are given the right to elect their own representatives
direct to all the elective bodies stipulated in the Indian Constitution.
3. Because the Scheduled Castes and Tribes are an important element in the National
life of India, whose importance is sought to be minimised by the Caste Hindus by
merging them in the Hindu fold. Baba Saheb Ambedkar saw through this game
and was seriously trying for their uplift but the Caste Hindus, taking advantage of
Gandhiji’s threatened fast unto death at Poona foiled Baba Saheb’s efforts to raise
the Scheduled Castes and Tribes to their natural level.
4 Because as long as the Scheduled Castes and Tribes are dependent for their living,
education, trade, agriculture, employment and other development activities on the
Caste Hindus, they will continue to remain what they are, to break this vicious
circle, they must become self-reliant and self-supporting by organizing
themselves on the basis of All India Scheduled Castes and Tribes Federation and
by demanding separate University and above all, separate Electorates. Political
Power cannot come as a gift, it has to be wrested from unwilling hands of the
Caste Hindus.
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Appendix Notes
1. An Introduction to the Cultural History of India Page 2
by Dr. N.Subrahmanian M.A., Ph.D. Madras 1958
2. The Original Inhabitants of Bharat Varsha By Gustov Oppert
3. Civilization in Ancient India By R.C.Dutt
Report of the Commissioner for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes for the
year 1961-62
In some villages of Andhra Pradesh, even now, Scheduled Caste people have to wait in a
row, with their earthen pots, on the embankment of tanks till some Caste Hindu would
come and pour water into their pots, according to his own convenience. The Scheduled
Caste bridge-groom cannot put on a turban with Turra in some of the villages of Madhya
Pradesh. In some areas of this State, band music is not allowed to be played at the time of
marriage among the Scheduled Castes, their womenfolk cannot wear bangles and other
ornaments made of silver and the Scheduled Caste people are not allowed to ride a horse
or use a bullock-cart as means of transport. Untouchability is still practiced in many parts
of the country, in some form or other, the most common ones being
1. Denying access to public restaurants and hotels and the use of utensils kept in
such places for general public :
2. Not allowing the use of wells, tanks, water taps and other sources of water:
3. Denial of service by barbers, dhobis etc, and
4. Denial of hired accommodation to Scheduled Castes persons when posted in rural
areas.”
5. Civilization in Ancient India By R.C.Dutt See also
a) Gowthama Dharma Sutras1-4-16 & 1-16
b) Manu Smriti 0129
c) Later Hindu Civilization By R.C.Dutt
6. Vedant Bhashia 1-3-37 By Ramanujacharya and Vashist Smriti Chapter 18
7. Bhagwad Gita Chapter 9 sloka 32
8. Pronounced Bood – hah
9 & 10 Begining of eight Century A.D
11 Award announced by : Ramsay Macdonald
12. What congress and Gandhi have done to the untouchables
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IN THE COURT OF THE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE,
GULBARGA DISTRICT.
File no. DCP-MSC-68-69
Sub: Order dated 13th June 1968 passed by the District Magistrate Gulbarga District
under section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
Present:- Shri. Ahmed Siddiqui,
Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate
Gulbarga District .
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O R D E R
The facts of the case in brief are that in the morning of 13th June, 1968 the
Superintendent of Police, Gulbarga informed me in person that Sri.B.Shyam Sunder, Ex-
M.L.A., is likely to hold a meeting on the same day at Gulbarga city and to speak about the
formation of Bhim Sena exhorting the local Harijans to discard and dishonour the Hindu gods
and Goddesses which is extremely likely to cause annoyance to the followers of Hindu
community and thereby lead to disturbance of public tranquillity. Thereupon a letter dated 13th
June , 1968 was addressed to Sri. B. Shyam Sunder requesting him to meet the under signed
immediately at my office to discuss the details of his programme having regard to the law and
order situation. In response to this request Sri. B .Shyam Sunder did not meet the under signed
but passed a note on the duplicate copy of the said letter stating that he was not addressing any
public meeting, that the function is only meant for Bhim Sena members and a few invitees and
that no questions of any law and order arises. On 13th June 1968 sun, speech delivered at public
meeting held near Tirandaz Talkies, Gulbarga ON 28-4-1968 had exhorted the to stop
worshipping Hindu Gods and Goddesses and to discard them that as a direct result of his speech
some local Harijans dis-figured the paintings of Hindu Gods and Goddesses in the Harijan
Dharmashala situated at Jagat locality of Gulbarga City and burn some photograph of Hindu
Gods and Goddesses on 30th April,1968, that a case in Crime No 51/68 Under section 295 IPC
had been registered , that this action of local Harijans which was taken on the advise of Shri. B.
Shyam Sunder lead to communal tension as the religious feelings of Hindu Community were
injured on account of the actions of Shri. B. Shyam Sunder and the local Harijans , that in an
interview with the correspondent of the Anti-Corruption weekly published in its issue dated 12-
5-1968 Shri. B. Shyam Sunder had stated that the members of Bhim Sena which he was
organising would burn the Hindu Gods, that Shri. B. Shyam Sunder is likely to extort the local
Harijans to discard and dishonour Hindu Gods and Goddesses , that is extremely likely that the
speechless of Shri.B . Shyam Sunder may cause annoyance to the followers of Hindu religion
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and thereby lead to disturbance of public tranquillity and that possibility of riots also cannot be
ruled out.
He therefore requested that immediate preventive action be taken under Sec.144 of Cr.
P.C., directing Shri.B.Shyam Sunder,Ex.M.L.A to abstain from giving any speech dishonoring
the God and Goddesses of other communities and did not meet me at the office in the forenoon
of 13th June, 1968 and the time was very short and the circumstances did not admit of the
serving in due time of a Notice upon MR. Sham Sunder and also due to the aforesaid reason an
emergency had arisen the undersigned passed an ex parte order under Section 144 of the CrPC
13th June, 1968 directing Shri. B.Shyam Sunder to abstain from giving any speech or speeches
dishonoring the Hindu Gods and Goddesses, casting aspersions on various religions and on the
persons following them, causing ill-feeing commencing from 1600 hours of the 13th June, 1968
to 1600 hours on 13th June, 1968 within the Municipal Limit of Gulbarga city. on the served
coy of the said order Shri Shyam Sunder stated that he had already intimated that he was not
holding any and order and that he was meeting with the people in a private place.
Shri. B.Shyam Sunder sent a letter dated 16-06-1968 addressed to the undersigned
which was received on 19th June, 1968, the relevant portions of which extracted below;-
“ As I and my community namely scheduled castes do not believe in Hindu God and
Goddesses and do not wish to retain with us clay idols and pictures supposed to
represent them, we have decided to discard them out of our free will. This act cannot
and need not displease any Hindu for simple reason that we do not regard these clay
models as Gods or Goddesses. Our purpose is not want to retain.
Your order further states that I or member of my community cast aspersions on various
religion let me assure you most solemnly that we have not to do with religions of persons other
than that own. Therefore, the question of casting as peas does not arise.
The difference of the constitution, when the intellectual I am surprised that the
magistracy should stoop to act as agents of persons whose ancestors and leaders have for the
last three thousand years been exploiting us our labour for political and commercial ends and
who in order to swell their members have thought fit to include us among the Hindu to form
their own Government, while at the same excluding us from the benefits of the Government and
offices of authority. This attitude wills both state and Central Government into disrepute.
He therefore requested to withdraw the and inform him within a fortnight to obviate his
going-over to Gulbarga to defy the order which he does not want to do. Thereupon a show
cause notice dated 24th June, 1968
Was issued to Shri. Shyam Sunder affording him an opportunity of appearing before the
undersigned in person or by pleader at 03.P.M
On 2nd June, 1968 and how cause against the said order. On 2nd July 1968 Shri .B.
Shyam Sunder sent a telegram informing that a letter had been posted. The relevant portion of
his letter dated 1-7-68 is extracted below:-
“The case is simple. I or my people having nothing to do with Hindu religion. It is the
Hindus, their scriptures, their Gurus, the Profits, Swamis, Pandits and political leaders
etc., who considered us Panchamas and feelings of self respect and dignity for centuries
and they continue to do so today in spite of the constitution. If you must serve an order
on somebody, you should serve it on the leaders of caste Hindus. Why penalize me for
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their fault? The best course for you would be to withdraw the order and let a meeting be
held if local schedules caste workers so desire. I assure you that Hindu leaders have no
cause to request you to place a ban on our meetings”.
I have gone through the entire records of the case very carefully. In order dated 13th
June, 1968 issued by the undersigned under sec.144 of the Cr. P.C. Shri. B. Shyam Sunder,
various religions and on the persons following them, causing ill-feeling between various
communities. The operating portion of the aforesaid order is quite clear definite, qualified and
self explanatory. No blanket order such has been passed denying Shri. B. Shyam Sunder to
deliver any speech whatsoever. The order directs him to abstain from giving only such speeches
dishonouring Hindu Gods and Goddesses, casting aspersions on various religions and on the
persons following them causing ill-feeling between various following them, causing ill-feeling
between various communities.
From the above aforesaid letters it is quite clear that he has not given assurance that he
would not make any speech or speeches dishonoring Hindu Gods and Goddesses casting
aspersions on various religions and on the persons following them, causing ill-feelings between
various communities, though he has indicated that he does not propose to give such speech or
speeches. If Shri. B. Shyam Sunder does not propose to make such speech or speeches , the
purpose of the order is fulfilled .
Under these circumstances I still continue to hold the opinion that if Mr.B.Shyam
Sunder were to give any speech or speeches dishonoring Hindu Gods and Goddesses , casting
aspersions on various religions and on the persons following them, causing ill-feeling between
various communities, they are likely to result in great danger to human life and property and
disturbance to public tranquility not only within the local limits of City Municipality Gulbarga
but elsewhere also. I therefore do not find any cogent reason to withdraw the order dated 13th
June 1968 passed under section 144 of Cr. P.C.
For the reasons stated in paras above I hold that Shri. B Sham Sunder has not shown a
valid reason for rescinding or altering the foresaid order, therefore his petitions dated 16th June
and 1st July are rejected.
Dictated to stenographer, typescript edits and pronounced in the open court this 8th day
of July, 1968.
Sd/-
(Ahmed Siddiqui)
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