Ambedkar’s anti-caste struggle lacked outside support because it opposed caste Hindus, not foreigners

Evidence

Echoing a similar sentiment in 1927, when he led the civil rights struggle for Untouchables’ access to the Chavadar Tank in Mahad, Ambedkar said: “The satyagraha movement started by Gandhi was backed by the people as it was against foreign domination. Our struggle is against the mass of caste Hindus and naturally we have little support from outside.” — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 1191

Categorization

• XREF: Links to reading purpose — the scaling challenge of caste annihilation: unlike anti-colonial satyagraha, no external enemy united the masses behind it. Also connects to extant ‘On Sacrifice’ essay’s logic of what unites publics.