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Exploring the Status of Dalit Women in Indian History: A Synoptic View

Sucharita Halder, Partha Sarathi De

Volume: 15 Issue: 2 2025

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This paper tries to explore the status of Dalit women in Indian society from historical perspectives. Multiple discriminations are being faced by Dalit women in our patriarchal Indian society. The Dalit women belong to the margin of marginalized community; consequently their history is not rich and well documented. Mainstream academia and history deliberately ignores the subaltern history of Dalit women and their struggles. A historical review of the status of Dalit women is assessed here based on available literature. After independence, various affirmative actions have been undertaken at the governmental level but we could not find the desired results in the context of upward mobility of social status of Dalit women.

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