Kanshi Ram, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Indian politician and social activist
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Place of Birth: Rupnagar district, Punjab, India
About Kanshi Ram
- Kanshi Ram (15 March 1934 – 9 October 2006), also known as Yugpurush, Bahujan Nayak or Saheb, was an Indian politician and social reformer who worked for the upliftment and political mobilisation of the Bahujans, the backward or lower caste people including untouchable groups at the bottom of the caste system in India.(Sc,St,OBC as well as minorities )Towards this end, Kanshi Ram founded Dalit Shoshit Samaj Sangharsh Samiti (DS-4), the All India Backward and Minority Communities Employees' Federation (BAMCEF) in 1971 and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in 1984.
- He ceded leadership of the BSP to his protégé Mayawati who has served four terms as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
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