Q. The Dalit Panther Movement was formed in ___.
Solution:
- Dalit Panthers is a social organisation that seeks to combat caste discrimination. It was founded by Namdeo Dhasal and J. V. Pawar on 29 May 1972 in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
- The movement saw its heyday in the 1970s and through the 1980s, and was later joined many Dalit-Buddhist activists.
- The Dalit Panthers are an Ambedkarite social organisation.
- The Dalith Panthers were inspired by the Black Panther Party, a socialist and communist political party of the United States.
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