Kanshi Ram

Kanshi Ram
Kanshi Ram Ji at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
1st President of the Bahujan Samaj Party
In office
14 April 1984 – 18 September 2003
Preceded byoffice established
Succeeded byMayawati
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
1998–2004
ConstituencyUttar Pradesh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1996–1997
Preceded byKamal Chaudhry
Succeeded byKamal Chaudhry
ConstituencyHoshiarpur
In office
1991–1996
Preceded byRam Singh Shakya
Succeeded byRam Singh Shakya
ConstituencyEtawah
Personal details
Born(1934-03-15)15 March 1934
Rupnagar, Punjab, British India
Died9 October 2006(2006-10-09) (aged 72)
New Delhi, India
Political partyBahujan Samaj Party
WebsiteKansi Ram Official Website

Kanshi Ram (15 March 1934 – 9 October 2006), also known as Bahujan Nayak[1] or Manyavar, Sahab Kanshiram[2][3] was an Indian politician and social reformer who worked for the upliftment and political mobilisation of the Bahujans, the backward or lower caste people including untouchable groups at the bottom of the caste system in India.[4] Towards this end, Kanshi Ram founded Dalit Shoshit Samaj Sangharsh Samiti (DS-4), the All India Backwards (SC/ST/OBC) and Minorities Communities Employees' Federation (BAMCEF) in 1971 and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in 1984. He ceded leadership of the BSP to his protégé Mayawati who has served four terms as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.

  1. ^ "Kanshi Ram should be given the Bharat Ratna: Mayawati". DNA. 15 March 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  2. ^ "How 'manyavar' Kanshiram stood up for a colleague and changed Indian politics". ThePrint. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  3. ^ Singh, Rajesh Kumar (30 July 2015). "This bard wants Kanshi Ram loyalists to spread wings". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 14 August 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  4. ^ Narayan, Badri (11 May 2012). "Ambedkar and Kanshi Ram – so alike, yet so different". The Hindu. Retrieved 15 May 2016.