Chandrashekhar Azad Bhim Army

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He is a Lawyer from Chhutmalpur, a village in the neighborhood of Shabbirpur in Saharanpur District.In 2011, he planned to go to the United States for higher studies.While attending his ailing father in a hospital in Saharanpur, he read news regarding Dalits atrocities and decided to become a Dalit Activist..In 2015, he formed the Bhim Army Ekta Mission (in short, Bhim Army). The Army claims to have more than 50000 members.According to Chandrashekhars mother, the awakening inside him against Dalit atrocities was triggered when he heard of the discrimination of Dalit children by the upper-caste Thakurs in a school near his village. The local Rajputs kicked up a storm about Dalit children studying alongside their own children. They would not allow the children to go to school and considered them untouchables..In 2016, Chandrashekhar Azad & his Bhim Army made headlines for the first time when they wanted to put up a board that reads The Great Chamar at the entrance of the village, and Thakurs had objected to the idea.In May 2017, Thakurs burnt some Dalit houses in the Shabbirpur village of Saharanpur following the complaints by Dalits over the loud music played by Thakurs during the Maharana Pratap Jayanti. Later, Dalits retaliated by burning down a police post in Saharanpur.On 21 May 2017, he organized a rally of Bhim Army supporters at the Jantar Mantar in New Delhi without any permission. The rally was attended by more than 5000 Bhim Army supporters.On 17 February 2021, he was featured in TIME magazines annual list of 100 emerging leaders who are shaping the future. [7]The Hindu.