Tuesday, December 6, 2011

[ZESTCaste] India Dalits 'seize Mumbai mill' for Ambedkar monument

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-16047883

6 December 2011 Last updated at 14:21 GMT

India Dalits 'seize Mumbai mill' for Ambedkar monument

Low-caste Dalit activists in India's western city of Mumbai have
forcibly taken over a mill compound to construct a monument to their
late leader BR Ambedkar, police say.

The workers of the Republican Sena say they "captured" the land
because the government failed to allot it to them.

Thousands had gathered there to observe the anniversary of Ambedkar's death.

Officials said the police baton-charged the activists when they tried
to remove the barricades in the compound.

The Republican Sena chief, Anandraj Ambedkar, told the media that his
organisation would now construct an "international memorial" to the
Dalit icon.

He is the grandson of BR Ambedkar.

Anandraj Ambedkar said the monument would be called "Bikshu Vihar", or
the abode of the monks.

BR Ambedkar, who was a contemporary of Mahatma Gandhi, converted to
Buddhism in his last days.

He played an important role in shaping the constitution for independent India.

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