B. Shyam Sunder

Who is B. Shyam Sunder?

Bhim Sena founder Sri B. Shyam Sunder was born in Aurangabad district in Maharashtra State, India. His father was Sri B. Manicham, a railway employee, and his mother Smt Sudha Bai. He was a political thinker, jurist, prolific writer, parliamentarian and a Revolutionary leader. In 1937, he founded the Dalit-Muslim unity movement at Parbhani in Aurangabad, Maharashtra and urged his people to join hands with Muslims. He was a Legislator representing Andhra Pradesh and Mysore State.

In 1956, He established "All India Federal Association of Minorities" at Hyderabad and finally organised a movement for Bahujans in 1968 at Lucknow district in Uttar Pradesh State and formally declared that Minorities slogan "India is ours." He inaugurated Bhim Sena a voluntary corps force, at Gulbarga in Karnataka State which later spread to all parts of India. RajshekharVT an eminent Dalit schlor, writer and editor Dalit Voice credited him as Father of Dalits Movements in India.