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Dalit activist and writer

Babytai Kamble

1929–2012, writes in Marathi, writer

Baby Kondiba Kamble, commonly known as Babytai Kamble, was an Indian Dalit activist, feminist, and writer. Born into the Mahar community, the largest Dalit community in Maharashtra, she was influenced by B. R. Ambedkar, a prominent national leader. Her autobiography Jina Amucha is regarded as the first autobiography by a Dalit woman in Marathi, and possibly the first in any Indian language.

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Also writing in Marathi

Kusumagraj

1912–1999Marathi poet, playwright, novelist and short story writer (1912–1999)