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Discuss the factors that led to the growth of Dalit consciousness and mention the major movements aimed at their empowerment.

  • UPSC 2010
  • Caste and Ethnicity after 1947

Dalit consciousness after 1947 grew out of a convergence of constitutional opportunity, socio-economic change, and an inherited Ambedkarite ideology, and expressed itself through a plural, often competing, set of movements.

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  • The Reformist Prelude: Foundations Before 1947
  • Constitutional and Legal Factors
  • Socio-Economic Factors
  • Ideological and Cultural Factors
  • Major Movements Aimed at Empowerment
  • Ambedkar's Political-Religious Legacy
  • …and 4 more sections, with a conclusion

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