Dinkarrao Javalkar was a social activist and a leader of non-Brahmin movement in Bombay Presidency.
22 Facts About Dinkarrao Javalkar
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Dinkarrao Javalkar left Kolhapur in 1921 and settled at Pune.
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Dinkarrao Javalkar stated that Tilak and Chiplunkar were not national heroes as they were generally considered, but indeed enemies of the country.
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Dinkarrao Javalkar further stated that Brahmins desired to consolidate their power and caste superiority by dividing the masses and keeping them trapped in the fabricated ideas of superiority and inferiority by birth.
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Dinkarrao Javalkar concluded the book with an appeal to all Hindus that they should free themselves from the slavery of Brahmanism and from the chains of caste system.
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Dinkarrao Javalkar stated that only those Brahmins who stop considering themselves superior and unite with the masses with flesh and blood should be considered an ally.
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Ambedkar appeared for Dinkarrao Javalkar and won the case resulting in acquittal of all four accused.
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Dinkarrao Javalkar tried to publish its second edition; however, by that time differences grew between Jedhe and Dinkarrao Javalkar, and the second edition could not happen.
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In 1927, Dinkarrao Javalkar took upon editorship of a Marathi newspaper Kaivari from Bhaskarrao Jadhav, another non-Brahmin leader and a member of legislative assembly of Bombay Presidency.
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Dinkarrao Javalkar actively supported the workers' union and came to an opinion that the workers should struggle equally against both British government and against capitalism.
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Dinkarrao Javalkar's visit to England intensified his nationalist feelings and brought him in contact with the British Communist Party.
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Dinkarrao Javalkar came back to India in 1930 as a nationalist and a Marxist ready to spread socialist ideas and to form a radical anti-capitalist and nationalist peasant's movement.
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Dinkarrao Javalkar proposed that non-Brahmin party to change its caste-demonstrating name and assume Shetkari Paksha as its new name.
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Dinkarrao Javalkar continued with his writing after coming back from England.
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Dinkarrao Javalkar wrote Krantiche Ranashing, one of the earliest Marxist books in Marathi.
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Dinkarrao Javalkar strongly held that Indian peasants should come together under principles of socialism and form a peasant swaraj.
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Dinkarrao Javalkar edited a newspaper Tej for few months in 1931.
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Dinkarrao Javalkar's writing turned more towards socialism and their tone turned more revolutionary.
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Dinkarrao Javalkar had, through his writing and speeches, had created strong connect with masses of rural Maharashtra like no other communist leaders of his time.
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On 16 January 1931, Dinkarrao Javalkar was arrested for giving a speech at Azad Maidan Solapur in spite of prohibitory orders by the government.
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Dinkarrao Javalkar was survived by his wife Indutai and son Shivajirao.
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Dinkarrao Javalkar strived to create a well-organized peasant's organisation within the non-Brahmin party.