Vol. 7 · pages 21–25
Who Were the Shudras?; The Untouchables
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Inscribed to the
Memory of
MAHATMA JOTIBA FULE
(1827—1890)
The Greatest Shudra of Modern India who made
the lower classes of Hindus conscious of their
slavery to the higher classes and who preached
the gospel that for India social democracy was
more vital than independence from foreign rule.
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WHO WERE
THE
SHUDRAS?
How they came to be the
Fourth Varna in the
Indo-Aryan Society
By
B. R. Ambedkar
[Reprint of the Edition of 1947]
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Thacker and Co.’s editions :–
First Edition 1946
Second Edition 1947
Third Edition 1970
Government of Maharashtra’s
First Edition January 26, 1990