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Today is the ninety-fifth anniversary of the historic Mahad Satyagraha. A thread.
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Chavdar Tank, Mahad
#MahadSatyagrahaAnniversary
Chavdar Tank, Mahad
Exclusionary control over public goods (especially water sources) has historically been a central strategy in maintaining the boundary between “touchables” and “untouchables.” 2/n
An early landmark in the 1920s political mobilization by Dalits (the then “depressed classes”) was the 1923 “S. K. Bole Resolution” passed by the Bombay Council that allowed Dalits access to public water tanks. 3/n
