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Bhim Army
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| Formation | 21 July 2015 |
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| Founded at | Uttar Pradesh |
National President | Vinay Ratan Singh |
The Bhim Army, alternatively Bheem Army[1] (lit."Ambedkar Army") or the Bheem Army Bharat Ekta Mission[2] (translation: "Ambedkar Army Indian Unity Mission") is an Ambedkarite and Dalit rights organisation in India. It was founded by Satish Kumar, Vinay Ratan Singh and Chandrashekhar Azad in 2015.[3][4] The organisation runs more than 350 free schools for Dalits and Muslims in Uttar Pradesh.[5][2] The organisation is named after B. R. Ambedkar.
- ^ S Raju, Army seeks security for chief Chandrashekhar Azad, Hindustan Times (23 September 2018).
- ^ a b "What is the Bhim Army?". The Indian Express. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ Trivedi, Divya (2 February 2018). "Fighting spirit". Frontline. The Hindu Group. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ^ Amit Ahuja, Mobilizing the Marginalized: Ethnic Parties without Ethnic Movements (Oxford University Press, 2019), p. 206.
- ^ Ali, Mohammad (28 June 2017). "Bhim Army, soldiers on a literacy mission". The Hindu.
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