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20th Sept #TheDayInHistory #OnThisDay in 1932 at 12 O’clock noon Mahatma Gandhi started his fast unto death. A committee was formed to have negotiations in the matter. The committee consisted of Sir Tejbahadur Sapru, Bar. Jaikar. Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya, Mathuradas Wasanji as representatives of the high Caste Hindus. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was invited for the meeting. In the Conference Sir Chunnilalput forward the following views on behalf of Mahatma Gandhi before the Committee members. They were : 1. Mahatma Gandhi opposed to the decision of awarding Separate Electorates for the Untouchables. 2. He is not fully agreeable to the Joint Electorates as well as for the reserved seats. However, he would not object if the All Hindu Conference at Mumbai would take a specifice decision for the reserved seats but it would not mean that he necessarily agrees with it. If at all any fact is agreed upon he may probably give his consent.Dr. Ambedkar rose to speak after listening the proposals of Mahatma Gandhi. His speech was really very forceful and touching to the heart. He said, “Today in the negotiations in this difficult situation, I am in more strange position than all others. Unfortunately, in these peaceful negotiations I appear to be acting as villain for the protection of just demands of my people. I am willing to suffer to any extent in order to get fulfilled the just demands of my people. I tell you I shall not deter from my pious duty, and betray the just and legitimate interests of my people even if you hang me on the nearest lamp-post in the street. The question faced today is not to be solved by succumbing to emotions, but by constitutional means as it involves the countless brethren who have been suffering in the slavery for ages. Adherence only to conscience will not be of any help here. Looking at the nature of the proposal of Mahatma Gandhi, it will take some more time to think. However this Conference, through a resolution should convey to Mahatma Gandhi to postpone his fast for 10-12 days. But the President Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya stated that it would not be possible in any circumstances. Consequent upon this Dr. Ambedkar did not agree to give up the Communal Award.”“The Conference then adjourned till two in the afternoon, next day, the 21st September. But immediately the leading members of the Conference went to Birla House and there Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru evolved a scheme of Primary and Secondary elections for the reserved seats. According to it the Depressed Classes themselves were to select for every seat a panel of not less than three candidates and then out of those three chosen candidates one was to be selected by the Joint Electorate of the Caste Hindus and the Depressed Classes.” After a lengthy discussion, Dr. Ambedkar said that there could be a settlement provided the additional concessions in regard to the Award were given to make good the loss which would be caused due to giving up the Award. The representatives of the Congress assured that they would think over the proposal. Pandit Malviya suggested to form a small committee in this regard. Accordingly the Committee consisting of Tej Bahadur Sapru, Barister Jaikar, Pandit Malviya, Mathuradas Wasanji and Dr. Ambedkar was formed and these names were ‘ intimated to the Conference.

Remembering great social reformer #NarayanGuru on his death anniversary. He gave the famous slogan “One Caste, One Religion, One God for All”. In 1888, he built a temple dedicated to Lord Shiva at Aruvippuram which was against the caste-based restrictions of the time. He taught equality but felt the inequalities should not be exploited to carry out conversions and therefore generate strife in society. He was in the forefront of the movement for universal temple entry and against the societal ills like the social discrimination of untouchables.

दोस्तों आपके आसपास पति-पत्नी के झगड़े ज़िम्मेदारी से सुलझा दिया करो। इस क्लिप में देखो, मां को लग रहा कि वह कोर्ट में जीत गयी। पर क्या यह सही है? कितना प्यार दिया होंगा यार उस बाप ने? मैं अंदर से काफी मजबूत हूँ यह भ्रम इस क्लिप ने तोड़ दिया। झगड़े पति पत्नी की इगो के रहते, जिस में गंदे फैमिली मेंबर ज़हर घोलते और ज़िन्दगी दुख उठा रहे बच्चों की बर्बाद हो जाती..

#InspiringSpeech "Don't let anybody make you feel that you are nobody. You are somebody. You have dignity. You have worth.." #MartinLutherKingJr #MLK promoting an agenda encouraging African-American communities to register to vote ( Speech on 28th July 1967 )

18th Sept #TheDayInHistory #OnThisDay in 1936,Dr #BabaSahebAmbedkar deputed 13 men to the Sikh Mission at Amritsar to study the Sikh Religion.After their arrival,in a letter #DrAmbedkar encouraged & congratulated them on their being the vanguard of the conversion movement. File pic

17th Sept #TheDayInHistory Exactly 89 years ago #OnThisDay in 1937, Dr #BabasahebAmbedkar introduced a bill in the Bombay Legislative Council to abolish the Khoti tenure system prevalent in the Konkan region. The bill was intended to get ownership rights for tenants. Khoti system exploited small & marginal farmers & perpetuated forced labour by exacting four times more the amount of tax to be paid to the Govt. #DrAmbedkar’s Independent Labour Party,bfounded in 1936, had included the protection of tenants from the Khoti system in its programme.

Remembering a man of ideology #PeriyarRamasamy on his birth anniversary. He instigated the self-respect movement for Dalits & lowers caste people to generate pride and respect in themselves and the community. He fought for the rights of Dalits to enter temples in Kerela. He is considered as an unforgiving and radical icon of the anti-caste movement and Tamilian Pride movement. His actions have led the fight for self-respect and pride amongst Tamilians across the world.

Remembering the great social reformer Keshav Sitaram alias #PrabodhankarThackeray on his birth anniversary. He started a fortnightly magazine named #Prabodhan. He campaigned against the dominance of the upper-caste Brahmin community in the society, calling it "Bhikshushahi" . He played an important role in the Samyukta Maharashtra movement aimed at establishing the lnguistic state of Maharashtra. He joined the movement in 1951, demanding the inclusion of the Dang district in Maharashtra instead of neighbouring Gujarat state. #PrabodhankarThackeray started Prabodhan (meaning enlightenment), “a fortnightly journal devoted to the social, religious and moral regeneration of the Hindu society”, it became so popular that Keshav Thackeray would be known as ‘Prabodhankar Thackeray.

17th Sept #TheDayInHistory Today is the Marathwada Mukti Sangram day. It marks the anniversary of Marathwada's integration with India, when Indian Army defeated the State of Hyderabad & merged #Hyderabad into the Indian Union #OTD in the year 1948 #MarathwadaLiberationDay

16th Sept #TheDayInHistory #OTD in 1954, In the discussion on the Untouchability Offences Bill in Parliament, Dr #BabaSahebAmbedkar spoke on the appalling conditions of the Scheduled Castes in the countryside where landholding zamindars, through perfectly legal means, prevented the members of the Scheduled Castes from purchasing, occupying or enhancing their landholdings.

16th Sept #TheDayInHistory #OnThisDay in 1932, in his cell at Yerwada Jail in #Pune, #MahatmaGandhi begins a hunger strike in protest of the British government’s decision to separate India’s electoral system by caste. (i.e. against the Communal Award of Ramsay Mac Donald.) British prime minister Ramsay MacDonald on 16 August 1932 introduced the communal reward. The purpose of the award was to grant separate electorates in British India for the Lower Caste, Buddhists, Sikhs, Muslims, Indian Christians, Anglo-Indians, and Untouchables.Poona pact was signed by Dr #BabaSahebAmbedkar on behalf of the lower classes and Madan Mohan Malviya on behalf of the Upper Caste Hindus to end the protest of Gandhi against the communal award. #PoonaPact

Remembering the greatest Engineer BharatRatna Dr #MVisvesvaraya on his birth anniversary. He designed & patented automatic water floodgates in 1903, which were first installed at the Khadakwasla reservoir in #Pune #EngineersDay Watch: Life of M Visvesvaraya VC: Films Division India

14th Sept #TheDayInHistory #OnThisDay in 1948, the city of #Aurangabad had been captured by IndianArmy under operation POLO, started by Sardar #VallabhbhaiPatel to merge the state of #Hyderabad into Indian Union. This was a big setback to Nizam as it was the second largest city in his kingdom.

14th Sept #TheDayInHistory 70 years ago #OTD in 1956, Dr #BabasahebAmbedkar, exactly a month before he left Hinduism & embraced Buddhism, wrote a letter to then Prime Minister Pandit #JawaharlalNehru, asking for help in the publication of his book -"The Buddha and His Dhamma". In his letter to Pandit Nehru, Dr Ambedkar said.. My dear Panditji, I am enclosing herewith 2 copies of a printed booklet showing the Table of Contents of a book on “The Buddha and His Dhamma” which I have just finished. The book is in the press. From the table of the contents you will see for yourself how exhaustive the work is. The book is expected to be in the Market in September 1956. I have spent five years over it. The booklet will speak for the quality of the work. The cost of printing is very heavy & will come to about Rs 20,000. This is beyond my capacity & I am, therefore, canvassing help from all quarters.I wonder if the Govt of India could purchase about 500 copies for distribution among the various libraries & among the many scholars whom it is inviting during the course of this year for the celebration of the Buddha’s 2500 years’ anniversary. I know your interest in Buddhism. That is why I am writing to you. I hope that you will render some help in this matter. Yours sincerely, B. R. Ambedkar, Delhi

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13th Sept: #TheDayInHistory #OnThisDay in 1964, two months after the Civil Rights Act was enacted and a month before he won the Nobel Peace Prize — #MartinLutherKingJr addressed 20,000 people at a rally at the outdoor stadium Waldbühne in West Berlin. #MLK Said, “…there is no East, no West, no North, no South, but one great fellowship of love throughout the whole, wide world:...”

13th Sept #TheDayInHistory #OTD in 1948, operation POLO was started by Union Home Minister Sardar #VallabhBhaiPatel to merge the state of #Hyderabad into the Indian Union. It was terminated on 18th Sept after the #IndianArmy accepts the surrender of the Nizam of Hyderabad. In 1947, Home Minister Sardar Patel requested Osman Ali Khan Asaf Jah VII, the last Nizam of the princely state of Hyderabad, to join India, but he refused. Instead, he declared Hyderabad as an independent nation on August 15, 1947. Though it was only a five-day war that began in September 13 and lasted till September 18, it was significant as the Indian Army took over a powerful state and Hyderabad was attached to India.

12th Sept: #TheDayInHistory Exactly 360 years ago #OTD in 1666, Chhtrapati #ShivajiMaharaj reached #Rajgad fort from Agra. On 18th Aug 1666 Shivaji Maharaj & Sambhaji Maharaj escaped from almost a fatal trap laid by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. The history of a great escape is well known.

11th Sept #TheDayInHistory #OnThisDay in 1932, Dr #BabaSahebAmbedkar issued a statement mentioning, "Separate Electorates are in the interests of Depressed Classes & #MahatmaGandhi must first put forward his proposals to enable the Doctor then to play his own cards." In late September 1932, Dr #BabaSahebAmbedkar negotiated the #PoonaPact with #MahatmaGandhi. The background to the Poona Pact was the Communal Award of August 1932,which, among other things, reserved 71 seats in the central legislature for the depressed classes.

India's Law Minister Dr #BabaSahebAmbedkar, is among those who have sponsored #Sanskrit as the official language of the Indian Union." Questioned about this move, #DrAmbedkar told a PTI correspondent, "What is wrong with Sanskrit ? Pic: "The Sunday Times Standard", dated 11th Sept 1949.