Ambedkar’s writings first reached print through Dalit movement publishers in 1963
Evidence
Das, along with Lahori Ram Balley of Jalandhar, had pioneered the publication of Ambedkar’s writings and speeches in his Thus Spoke Ambedkar series in 1963. His work and life inspired me to soldier on with the task of annotating Annihilation of Caste. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 1565
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
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- Bhagwan Das pioneered publishing Ambedkar’s writings in 1963. (similarity 0.92)
- Annihilation of Caste gained alternate editions that Ambedkar revised himself (similarity 0.81)
- Ambedkar’s anti-caste speech sold out swiftly across India in 1937. (similarity 0.80)
- Annihilation of Caste sold out its first English print run within two months (similarity 0.80)
- Caste segmentation split Ambedkar’s readership along the very lines he attacked (similarity 0.80)
- Ambedkar’s cancelled lecture became a directly published book without any public delivery (similarity 0.79)
- The 1937 second edition of the essay sold out quickly and stayed in demand (similarity 0.79)
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- Ambedkar declared caste inequality must be rooted out, not merely untouchability (similarity 0.78)