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Dalits’ plight: No improvement since Dr Ambedkar's 1935 conversion pledge

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Monday, May 7, 2018, 12:00 PM   |   e-paper HOME PUNE MAHARASHTRA ART AND CULTURE SPORTS BUSINESS WORLD OPINION Home   Opinion   Dalits’ plight: No improvement since 1935 conversion pledge Dalits’ plight: No improvement since  Dr Ambedkar's 1935 conversion pledge Camil Parkhe Saturday, 5 May 2018     goo.gl/8Fsp3B    Dr Ambedkar’s pledge to give up Hinduism, therefore, sent tremors in the  Indian social and religious circles with various Hindu leaders trying to persuade him to reconsider his decision while leaders of other religions tried to woo him into their religions. Frustrated over the discrimination and injustice meted out to his untouchables community, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar vowed in Yeola in Nashik district in 1935 that: “I may have born a...