Kanshi Ram Politician

Kanshi Ram (15 March 1934 – 9 October 2006) was an Indian politician and social reformer who worked for the upliftment and political mobilisation of the Dalits, the untouchable groups at the bottom of India's caste system. Towards this end, Kanshi Ram founded Dalit Shoshit Sangharsh Samiti (DS 4), the All India Backward and Minority Communities Employees' Federation (BAMCEF) in 1971 and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in 1984. He succeded leadership of the BSP to his protégé Mayawati who has served four terms as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.

Personal facts

Birth dateMarch 15, 1934
Birth place
Punjab India , Rupnagar
Religion
Buddhism
Date of deathOctober 09, 2006
Place of death
New Delhi

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party
Bahujan Samaj Party

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External resources

  1. http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok11/biodata/11pn06.htm
  2. http://www.ambedkartimes.com/sahib_kanshi_ram.htm
  3. http://www.bspindia.org/manyawar-shri-kanshiram-ji.php