TY - BOOK AU - Zelliot,Eleanor TI - Ambedkar's world: the making of Babasaheb and the dalit movement SN - 9788189059545 (paperback) U1 - 305.800954 ZEL 23 PY - 2013/// CY - New Delhi PB - Navayana Publishing KW - Ambedkar, B. R. KW - Mahars KW - India KW - Maharashtra KW - Dalits KW - Political activity KW - Politics and government KW - 20th century N1 - Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Pennsylvania, 1969; Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-290) and index N2 - This is a classic monograph on the Mahar movement in western India. It documents the social and political forces that shaped Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891 56), the greatest leader of Dalits, and the manner in which Ambedkar shaped the destiny of the Dalits of Maharashtra and India. Zelliot chronicles the movement from its origins with the first Mahar petition in 1890 till its culmination in the mass conversion to Read more ER -