Vilas Ghogre (1 June 1947 – 15 July 1997)[1] was a prominent Dalit activist, poet, and artist from Bombay who committed suicide in protest against the 1997 Ramabai killings in which 10 Dalits were killed by Maharashtra State Reserve Police Force and 26 were injured. He is featured prominently in Anand Patwardhan's documentaries Bombay Our City (1985) Jai Bhim Comrade (2011) .[2]


References

  1. ↑ Maitreya, Yogesh. "Dalit shahirs of Maharashtra: Vilas Ghogare sang of Ambedkar with his iktara". Firstpost. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  2. ↑ Between Red And Blue, Outlook India, retrieved 16 July 2016


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