Reformist Hindus had already been considering Ambedkar a leader for reforming the religion
Evidence
We doubt the wisdom of making the address unnecessarily provocative and pinching. There are several of us who subscribe to your feelings and would very much want to be under your banner for remodelling the Hindu religion. If you had decided to get together persons of your cult, I can assure you a large number would have joined your army of reformers from the Punjab. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 779
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: The Mandal wanted Ambedkar to join its reform struggle rather than exit Hinduism — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 780; The Mandal wanted Ambedkar to soften his message to remain inside Hindu reform.; Caste-Hindu reform groups pursued caste abolition from fundamentally different motives than Ambedkar
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: The Mandal wanted Ambedkar to join its reform struggle rather than exit Hinduism — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 780; The Mandal wanted Ambedkar to soften his message to remain inside Hindu reform.; Caste-Hindu reform groups pursued caste abolition from fundamentally different motives than Ambedkar