Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes - Prominent Personalities of SC/STs Community

Prominent Personalities of SC/STs Community

  • Guru Ravidas,North Indian Sant mystic of the bhakti movement
  • Khusro Khan, or Khusru or Khusraw Khan was a medieval Indian military leader, and ruler of Delhi, as Sultan Nasir-ud-din, for a short period of time.He was a Dalit (Parwari-Mahar) caste from Gujrat. He converted to Islam from Hinduism at the time of his capture. He was an untouchable in his own religion, but became a first Hindu to sit on the throne of Delhi.
  • K. R. Narayanan, tenth President of India
  • * Babu Jagjivan Ram, former Deputy Prime Minister of India
  • B. R. Ambedkar, jurist, political leader, writer, father of Indian Constitution
  • K. G. Balakrishnan, former Chief Justice of India, chairman of national human rights commission
  • Ramkrishnan Suryabhan Gavai, former MP, Governor of Kerela and Bihar. Raj Kumar Verka M.L.A Amritsar Vice Chairman National Commission for Sc/St Govt.of India
  • Sushilkumar Shinde, Current Cabinet Minister for Home Affairs
  • Mayavati, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
  • Birsa Munda, Indian independence advocate, tribal leader and folk hero
  • Damodaram Sanjivayya (1921–1972) (First dalit Chief Minister of a state in India and first dalit President of Indian National Congress party)
  • Kanshi Ram, founder of Bahujan Samaj Party
  • G. M. C. Balayogi, dalit speaker, Lok Sabha,
  • Ajit Jogi, first chief minister of the state of Chhattisgarh, India
  • Shibu Soren, Ex Chief Minister of Jharkhand state in India
  • S. Ashok Kumar, Judge Madras High Court and High Court of Andhra Pradesh
  • Ram Vilas Paswan, the president of the Lok Janshakti Party, political party
  • Bangaru Laxman, former President of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
  • Lala Ram Ken, Member of Parliament (7th and 8th), India
  • Vinod Kambli, Indian cricketer
  • Vinoo Mankad, Indian cricketer, He played in 44 Tests for India
  • Ilaiyaraaja, a noted music director and composer, Ilaiyaraaja is also an instrumentalist, conductor, and a songwriter
  • Damodar Raja Narasimha - Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
  • Dr. J. Geeta Reddy - Leader of the House in the Legislative Assembly AP
  • Prem Singh - MLA
  • Johnny Lever (Janumala John Prakasa Rao) - Famous Bollywood comedian, born in Vusullapalli near Kanigiri, Prakasm dt, AP.
  • Betha Sudhakar ("Pichha kottudu sudhakar") - Popular Comedian & Character Artist in Tollywood
  • Lankapalli Bullayya(1918–1992), former VC Andhra University(1968–74); first dalit to become the Vice-Chancellor of a university in India
  • Jwala Prasad Kureel- MP of 6th Lok Sabha, Affiliated to Janata Party serving Ghatampur (UP) Lok Sabha Constituency
  • PL Punia-chairman of national commission for sc/st

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