Arya Samaj influence in the Mandal provoked Ambedkar’s attack and his disinvitation

Evidence

82 It must be remembered that the Jat-Pat Todak Mandal, which invited Ambedkar for its annual conference, for which this address was prepared, was originally affiliated to the Arya Samaj and continued to have several important Arya Samaj leaders of the Punjab influencing it. Ambedkar chooses to take them on in this section of his speech, and this would likely have made them most uncomfortable, and caused them to withdraw their invitation to him. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 1105

Categorization

• XREF: Directly relevant to understanding the organizational politics surrounding the speech Ambedkar never delivered.