Life of a Dalit magistrate
Ideologies and politics in Dalit life in North India, 1920-1954
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3641446 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vijay Kumar (0000-0001-8345-4312, University of Delhi, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1300-1331 |
| Publication date | 2023-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-749X • E-ISSN: 1469-8099 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0026749x2200035x |
| OpenAlex | W4361214665 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 8 |
This article discusses Chaudhari Mulkiram (April 1910-August 1954) and the contesting ideologies, memories, histories, and socio-political conditions surrounding his career from the 1920s to the mid-1950s. Mulkiram belonged to the Dhangar, a sub-caste of the Khatik caste in Meerut. He was the first Dalit of the United Provinces (UP) who qualified for the Public Service Commission in 1939. This article shows his socio-religious and socio-political relations and responses to the Arya Samaj, Congress, and Scheduled Caste Federation. It reveals how the representatives of these agencies portrayed his life and work. This article also discusses how his relations and responses helped and influenced his caste members in the western UP. It argues that the Arya Samaj, Harijan Sevak Sangh, and Congress used the first generation of Dalit civil servants like Mulkiram to cultivate local leaders and to mobilize local Dalits, peasants, labourers, and villagers to act in their political interests against Ambedkar's movement. Hence, in the 1940s and early 1950s, Mulkiram presented himself as a Gandhi bhakt, Jan Neta (public leader), and Sanyasi (household monk and socio-religious reformer
Caste · Commission · Ideology · Magistrate · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Colonial History and Postcolonial Studies · Gender Studies · Indian History and Philosophy · Law · South Asian Studies and Diaspora
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |