Comparing the Mahad Satyagraha of 1927 with the Dandi March of 1930, progressive thinker and social activist Shivasundar has held that the former was against feudal oppression at home by Brahminism and the latter against external colonial oppression of the British.
“We are taught of the Salt March led by Mahatma Gandhi against exploitation by British colonialism. But, we are seldom taught of the Mahad movement led by B.R. Ambedkar against caste-based oppression by the so-called upper castes. The former was a fight against an external force, the British colonialism, and the latter a fight against an internal force, the caste system perpetuated by Brahminism,” Mr. Shivasundar said.
Thousands of Dalits rallied behind Dr. Ambedkar and used water from a public tank, which was prohibited for them, at Mahad in Maharashtra in 1927
