SELF INSPIRATION DAY (14 JAN); BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF BABU MANGU RAMJI

Educate! Agitate! Organize! We are not Adi-Sudras. We are proud casteless Ourtcastes! UDSF congratulates JNU community on the birth anniversary of Great Son of the Indian Soil, Sher-e-Punjab, BABU MANGU RAM (14 JAN. 1886——22 APRIL 1980). This great revolutionary was born on 14 January 1886 in village Mugowal in Hoshiarpur district of Punjab. His father was Harnam Das and mother, Arti. His father was engaged in leather work. He got primary education from a sage (sadhu) and then he was admitted to a school but was not allowed inside the classroom because he was real Indian and not a so-called upper caste. By hearing the teacher from outside, he continued his schoolings. At that time, the event of Jalianwala Bagh took place where the Dalits & OBCs were assembled under the leadership of Natthu Dhobi (according to Surajpal Chauhan) and were brutally murdered by the British under the direction of caste Hindu leaders. This event shocked the youths and they started joining independent revolutionary parties like Gadar Party, Hindustan Peoples’ Liberation Army and Bharat Navjawan Sabha etc. Mangu Ram also joined the Gadar Party and visited Los Angeles, Manila, Germany and other countries to free India from the clutches of the British colonialism. In 1925, he came back to India and when he went to the temple of Madurai, he was not allowed to enter because he was a real Indian (original inhabitant of India). This experience changed his mind and he escalated a strong agitation against Hinduism. His Remarkable Works and Victories: He collected the ideas of Kabir, Ravidas and other real Indian saints to inspire the real Indians and get rid of their slavery & untouchability imposed by the caste Hindus. He named his movement, The Adi Dharam Movement (Ancient Religion Movement). He started this movement in 1926. He also started a primary school in a village to educate the real Indians. This movement became a medium of progress for the real Indians and its central office was opened in Jalandhar. He also started a weekly newspaper in Punjabi and Urdu, which was published from Jalandhar. The movement became so strong under his dynamic leadership that the real Indians (Outcasts) of Punjab and other states denounced the Hindu religion and mentioned their religion as Adi-Hindu in the census of 1931. He got special right from the British by adding Ad Dharm to the Census list as a separate religion of the Depressed Classes in Punjab in 1931. His struggle and ideas has a very significant place in Babasaheb Ambedkar’s literature. He submitted charter of demands before the Simon Commission and Franchise Committee in 1928 and 1929 respectively. As a result, the population of Hindus decreased drastically and the arya samajists became very disappointed and frustrated. He continued his movement and also contributed to the movement of Swami Achhutanand (Adi Hindu Movement), the movement of Dr. Babsaheb Ambedkar and other contemporary movements. His Relation with Babasaheb Ambedkar and Mr. Gandhi: He stood like a rock with Dr. Ambedkar. During Dr. Ambedkar's fight with Mr. Gandhi at the Roundtable Conferences in London (1930-32) Babuji sent telegrams in support of the former as the leader of the untouchables in India against the latter (Mr. Gandhi). In 1932 the communal award was announced by the British Government. Mr. Gandhi (well known as Anti-Dalit and Anti-Democratic personality) started hunger strike against the rights of real Indians in Poona. At the same time, Babu Mangu Ram understood the crafty maneuver of Mr. Gandhi and started hunger strike against Mr. Gandhi in Jalandhar and lakhs of Adi-Dharamis gathered in support of him. But the Casteist Media never captured this Big and Significant Event and Babasaheb Ambedkar came under pressure from all sides forcing him to finally sign the Poona Pact in 1932---the greatest betrayal done in Indian History for the Outcasts. Babu Mangu Ram was highly disappointed when Dr. Ambedkar signed the suicidal pact (Poona Pact). After that, he continued with his struggles for the real Indians (Mulnivasis) with respectable political, social and religious activities. In 1937, His Ad-Dharam won 7 out of all the 8 reserved seats in Punjab. In 1946, Babu Mangu Ram was elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly and remained in legislature till 1952. He also founded many Career Help Centers to help the unemployed youths. After a long period of the service to mankind, Venerable Babu Mangu Ramji passed away on 22 April 1980. Jai Bhim! Dated: 14th Jan. 2009, JNU, New Delhi-67

PROGRAMME

14 JAN. 2009

A Talk in Memory of Babu Mangu Ram on the Topic

“Outcaste Indian Masses and Mulnivasi Identity in Reference of Colonial Period”

Speaker: GAIL OMVEDT

(A noted American born Sociologist, Scholar and Human Rights Activists)

Venue and Time : Chandrabhaga Hostel Mess (9:00 PM Sharp)

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