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It is an award winning book, - author has received Dr. Ambedkar international Literary award of 2004 for this book titled 'Dalit Movement in South India (1857-1950)', It is a first kind of work covering Dalit Movement in south India. Dalit movement in India, has got a very broader meaning. It is necessary to unfold the meaning of this concept as it connotes several meaning in the different social political and economic context. The present study 'Dalit Movement in South India, (1857-1950)' covers all four southern states viz Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Kerala and Karnataka. It is a unique work, where reader will find consolidated history of dalit Movement of all four southern states under one title.Thus histories of these regions are intermingled with each other; hence it is necessary to study Dalit movement in South India under a single study. Its contribution to great themes of Indian history was made in a minor key. Dalit organization in South presidency had always played key role in the politics of South India. Dalit Movement in South India an attempt has therefore been made in this book to describe the social, economic, political, educational and cultural life of the Dalits with the help of the available primary and secondary sources. These works present a detailed analysis of the multifaceted struggle of Scheduled caste, the odyssey of their transformation from political, ostracized and indigent mass into a crucial factor in the political structure.