List of Dalits

Following are notable Dalit people.

Politics

• B. R. Ambedkar
• K. R. Narayanan, Former President of India
• Mayawati, four time Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
• Kanshi Ram, Founder of Bahujan Samaj Party
• B. Shyam Sunder, dalit leader^[1] and founder Bharatiya Bhim Sena
• Damodaram Sanjivayya - 2nd Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh(1960–1962) and also the first dalit Chief Minister of a state in India and first dalit President of Indian National Congress party(1962))
• Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of the Indian National Congress in the Lok Sabha, Former Union Minister of Labour and Employment, Former Union Minister of Railways
• Meira Kumar, Ex.Speaker of Indian Parliament
• Jagjivan Ram (1908–1986), first Labour Minister of India, former Defence Minister of India, former Agriculture Minister of India]], former Deputy Prime Minister of India and father of Meira Kumar

Reformers and religious leaders

• Ayyankali, mahatma and reformer
• Giani Ditt Singh, started Singh Sabha Movement to bring dalits of Punjab to sikh-fold.^[2]
• Bhagu, a devotee of Krishna
• Mangu Ram Mugowalia, started Ad-Dharmi movement
• Ravidas, mystic poet-saInt of the bhakti movement

Sports

• Vithal Palwankar, cricketer
• Vinod Kambli, cricketer^[3]

Saints

Business

• Rajesh Saraiya, owns a multi-national company in Ukraine, SteelMont Pvt Ltd

Other

• K. G. Balakrishnan, Former Chief Justice of India

References

1. Hegde, Sanjay (14 April 2015). "There were some Dalit leaders like B. Shyam Sunder, who vociferously said: "We are not Hindus, we have nothing to do with the Hindu caste system, yet we have been included among them by them and for them."". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
2. Singh, R. B. (28 August 2015). "Scheduled Caste Welfare". Google Books. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
3. "Being Dalit is a crime in Indian cricket". thatscricket.com (in Latin). 16 July 2009. Retrieved 6 September 2015.