Equal dignity for every citizen — caste has no place in a constitutional republic.
Jati Hatao Andolan campaigns for the complete removal of the caste system in India, grounded in Article 17 of the Constitution, documented government data, and the unfinished work Dr. B.R. Ambedkar named in 1936.
"Untouchability is abolished and its practice in any form is forbidden. The enforcement of any disability arising out of Untouchability shall be an offence punishable in accordance with law."In force since 26 January 1950 — the legal floor this movement builds from
The central demand: total removal, not reform
We do not ask for a fairer caste system. We ask for the boundaries themselves — of birth, marriage, occupation, and worship — to disappear. Constitutional abolition happened in 1950. The evidence on this site shows the system survived the law.
- No child should inherit social standing or occupation from birth.
- Inter-caste marriage should be unremarkable, not an act of courage.
- Caste-linked occupations, like manual scavenging, must end in fact — not only on paper.
"So long as caste in India does exist, Hindus will fight amongst themselves… The destruction of Caste does not mean the destruction of a physical barrier, it means a notional change."
— Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, Annihilation of Caste, 1936The record, not the rhetoric
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From Mahad to Hathras — a documented arc
An interactive look at the milestones this movement is built on.
Mahad Satyagraha
Ambedkar leads thousands to drink water from a public tank they were legally entitled to but socially forbidden from touching.
Annihilation of Caste
Ambedkar argues caste must be structurally dismantled, not administered more fairly.
Article 17 takes effect
Untouchability is constitutionally abolished — the legal starting point, not the finish line.
Prevention of Atrocities Act
A special criminal law created because ordinary law wasn't deterring caste violence.
Hathras
A case that returned caste violence to national headlines.
SC bans hazardous sewer cleaning
Yet documented deaths continued into 2026 — the enforcement gap in one ruling.
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