Samata Sainik Dal

Samata Sainik Dal (Army of Soldiers for Equality[1] or Party of the Fighters for Equality[2]) abbreviated as SSD is a social organisation founded by B. R. Ambedkar on 24 September 1924 with the objective of safeguarding the rights of all oppressed sections of Indian society.[3][4] All India Equality Force

Samata Sainik Dal
AbbreviationSSD
Formation24 September 1924 (1924-09-24)
FounderBhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
TypeAmbedkarite volunteer,
Legal statusActive
PurposeSupporting Prabuddha Bharata
HeadquartersDeekshabhoomi, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Coordinates21°7′41″N 79°4′1″E
Region served
India
Official language
Hindi
22 Languages of India
National COMMANDER
UMMED SINGH GAUTAM
Key people
Dr. Sanjay Gajbhiye (ALL India General Secretary)
Main organ
The Buddhist Society of India
AffiliationsScheduled Castes Federation
Volunteers
Soldiers for social justice and human dignity representative of India’s Depressed class.
Websiteaissd.org
Formerly called
Samaj Samata Sangh

Awards
  • Lakhs of people around India gather at Chaitya Bhoomi to pay homage to B R Ambedkar on Mahaparinirvan Din. Volunteers take part in many activities.
  • Volunteer of Samata Sainik Dal at Chaitya Bhoomi
  • Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar with Samata Sainik Dal at Tadwadi, Bombay in 1938
  • Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar with a group of activists of the Samata Sainik Dal (Social Equality Army)
  • Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar seated between volunteers of 'Samata Sainik Dal'
  • A group photograph of the soldiers of the 'Samata Sainik Dal' (Social Equality Army). Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar seen the middle of second line
  • Dr Ambedkar and Dr. Savita Ambedkar with Samata Sainik Dal volunteers at Nagpur
  • Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar observing Rally of Samata Sainik Dal established at Kamgar Maidan, Parel, Mumbai
  • Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar in a group photograph with activists and soldiers of Samata Sainik Dal

References
  1. Rao, Anupama (2009). The Caste Question: Dalits and the Politics of Modern India. University of California Press. p. 100. ISBN 9780520257610. Retrieved 2012-06-13.
  2. Jaffrelot, Christophe (2005) [2000]. Dr Ambedkar and Untouchability: Analysing and Fighting Caste (Revised ed.). London: C. Hurst & Co. p. 79. ISBN 9781850654490. Retrieved 2012-06-13.
  3. Krishan, Shri (2005). Political Mobilization And Identity In Western India, 1934-47. SAGE. p. 200. ISBN 9780761933427. Retrieved 2012-06-13.
  4. "About". Samata Sainik Dal. 8 November 1936. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  5. http://ambedkarfoundation.nic.in/html/awards/na16.pdf
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