Satyashodhak Chalaval Kishor Dhamale Collection, 1988-10-29-2025-02-23

This collection documents the social activism, organizational networks, and intellectual engagements of Kishor Dhamale and affiliated Satyashodhak and progressive groups in Maharashtra, spanning the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, with the bulk of materials dating from the 2000s–2020s.

Dhamale is an anticaste activist associated with the Satyashodhak ("truth-seeking") tradition, active in rural organizing and advocacy for marginalized farming and labor communities. His work reflects the influence of Jyotirao Phule, Shahu Maharaj, and B. R. Ambedkar.

The collection includes materials related to anticaste, labor, student, and feminist movements. It demonstrates the intersections of literary production, public discourse, and activist documentation in contemporary grassroots organizing in Maharashtra.

Overall, the collection highlights the networks, practices, and concerns shaping anticaste social movements in modern India.