Bharatiya Dalit Sahitya Akademi


Bharatiya Dalit Sahitya Akademi is an academic organization dedicated to the promotion of Indian Dalit literature, art and culture in the languages of India. The organization is an all India Dalit writers association established 1984. It was founded by Jagjivan Ram, the 4th deputy prime minister of India.

Aim

The Akademi was established for fulfilling the unaccomplished dream of B. R. Ambedkar to alleviate the discrimination faced by Dalits.

Controversy

The members of the Akademi publicly burned multiple copies of the famed novel Rangbhoomi, written by Premchand on 31 July 2004 at Jantar Mantar park in New Delhi. This incident made a maelstrom and provoked the traditional literary establishments and it was caused to divide the Akademi to many Dalit organizations all over in India.

National executives

  • President: Dr. S. P. Sumanakshar
  • General secretary: Prof. Jay Sumanakshar

List of state presidents

Following people served as state presidents of the organization:
No.NameState
1G. DhanasekharAndhra Pradesh
2G.P. UpadhayayaArunachal Pradesh
3B.L. RabidasAssam
4Jaga Ram ShastriBihar
5G.R. Banjare JwalaChhattisgarh
6Gurmeet Singh JauraChandigarh
7Dr. Rajmal Singh RajDelhi
8Shambhu Bhau BandekarGoa
9Jayavant Singh Mahipatsingh JadejaGujarat
10Gurudyal Singh MorthalaHaryana
11Adv. Dalip SinghHimachal Pradesh
12Dr. Raju RamJharkhand
13Sudesh KumariJammu and Kashmir
14H.M. KundargiKarnataka
15T. BalakrishnanKerala
16P.C. BairwaMadhya Pradesh
17Anand GavaliMaharashtra
18R. K. GunchandraManipur
19Rajmani NongthombaMeghalaya
20Khaidem Kanta SinghMizoram
21R.K. GunachandraNagaland
22Premraj NialOrissa
23Dr. P. Vasugi JayaramanPondicherry
24Tirath TongariaPunjab
25Prof. Swami Atma Ram UpadhyayRajasthan
26Dilkhush RuchalSikkim
27Dr. C.P. DesiTamilnadu
28Sayan SahaTripura
29Adv. Jitender ManuTelangana
30Dr. Lalati DeviUttar Pradesh
31Prof. Jaipal SinghUttaranchal
32Adv.Roshan Lal AryaUttrakhand
33Arjun SankarWest Bengal
34Devji Jogi Bhai TandelDaman and Diu
35Dr. Ajay Kumar SonkarAndaman and Nicobar Islands
36B.L. RabidasNorth-East State's Committee
37P. Vishnu MurthySouth India State's Committee

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