BAMCEF - Revision history

Garrydum at 14:15, 9 February 2026

2026-02-09T14:15:41Z

->UnitedStatesian: −Category:System Change; −Category:Democratic Organisation using HotCat

2022-01-09T16:40:42Z

−Category:System Change; −Category:Democratic Organisation using HotCat

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:10, 9 January 2022
Line 1:		Line 1:
			{{Short description\|Organization}}
	{{Use Indian English\|date=October 2013}}		{{Use Indian English\|date=October 2013}}
	{{~~Use dmy dates~~\|~~date~~=~~May 2018~~}}		{{\| Central Office = BAMCEF Bhavan, H. No.: 527(A), Neharu Kuti, Near Ambedkar Park, Kabir Basti, Malkaganj, New Delhi – 110007, INDIA.}}
	{{Infobox organization		{{Infobox organization
	\| name = BAMCEF		\| name = '''BAMCEF'''
	\| full_name = The All India Backward And Minority Communities Employees Federation		\| full_name = The All India Backward (SC, ST, OBC) And Minority Communities Employees Federation
	\| ~~logo~~ =		\| Identity = The National Social Missionary Organinsaiton of Mulnivasi Bhaujan’s of India.
	\| logo_size =		\| logo_size = Update soon (Check Website)
	\| type = Social organization of educated employees<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/pay-back-to-the-society-after-selfintrospection/article2692377.ece\|title=Pay back to the society after self-introspection\|author=Staff Reporter\|date=2011-12-07\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=2018-08-14\|language=en-IN\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>		\| Central Office = BAMCEF Bhavan, H. No.: 527(A), Neharu Kuti, Near Ambedkar Park, Kabir Basti, Malkaganj, New Delhi – 110007, INDIA.
	\| formation = {{start date and age\|1978\|12\|06\|p=y\|df=yes}}		\| type = Social organization of educated employees<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/pay-back-to-the-society-after-selfintrospection/article2692377.ece\|title=Pay back to the society after self-introspection\|author=Staff Reporter\|date=2011-12-07\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=2018-08-14\|language=en-IN\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
	\| founding_location = BAMCEF Convention at New Delhi		\| formation = {{start date and age\|1978\|12\|06\|p=y\|df=yes}}
	\| founder = [[Kanshi Ram]]		\| founding_location = BAMCEF Convention at New Delhi
	\| status = Active		\| founder = D. K. Khaprde, Kanshi Ram, Dinabhana
	\| leader_title= President		\| status = Active
	\| leader_name =~~[[Waman Meshram]]~~		\| leader_title = President
	\| footnotes =		\| leader_name = Mn. N. Gangadhar (Mulnivasi Nalla Gangadhar)
			\| website = bamcef.org.in
			\| footnotes =
	}}		}}

	~~'''"The All India Backward~~ and ~~Minority Communities Employees Federation"''', abbreviated~~ as ~~'''BAMCEF''' (pronounced "bee a em cee e ef", as if spelled). The term got its significance from the Constitution~~ of ~~India, which intersects~~ the ~~oppressed and exploited Indians into classes on~~ the ~~basis of their status:~~ Scheduled ~~Castes (SC)~~, Scheduled ~~Tribes (ST)~~, Other Backward ~~Class (OBC)~~ and Minority ~~Communities~~.		‘BAMCEF’ is working since 1973 and is known to Mulnivasi Bahujan Samaj as an organization of the educated employees from the Scheduled castes, Scheduled tribes, Other Backward Classes and the Converted Minority communities. ‘BAMCEF’ word is an abbreviated name of the organization. The various letters in the abbreviation stand for different words like: B – stands for Backward which includes S.C., ST. and O.B.C; A- stands for And; M- stands for Minority; C- stands for Communities; E- stands for Employees and F- stands for Federation i.e. Backward And Minority Communities Employees Federation. Thus BAMCEF derives its meaningful name from the long form – The All India Backward (S.C., ST., O.B.C.) and Minority Communities Employees Federation”.

	The ~~origins of BAMCEF lie~~ in the ~~organisation~~ for ~~employees of oppressed communities that was established in 1971 by [[Kanshi Ram]]~~, ~~[[D~~. K. ~~Khaparde]]~~ and ~~Dinabhai~~. ~~This became~~ BAMCEF ~~at a convention held in [[Delhi]] in 1978~~, ~~with an official launch on 6 December 1978~~, ~~the death anniversary of [[~~B. R. ~~Ambedkar]].{{sfn\|Jaffrelot\|2010\|p=535}} The ideology of BAMCEF is to fight the rooted system of inequality that divides Indian society~~ and ~~to abolish the [[Caste\|caste system]]~~.

	==History==		==History==
	~~As an employee of the Defence Research and Development Laboratory~~ in ~~[[Pune]], Kanshi Ram realized that~~ the ~~formation~~ of ~~a [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes]] bureaucracy was important to serve depressed class's interests. He set about forming a federation, through which he worked his way up~~ the ~~bureaucratic hierarchy~~. ~~By identifying a few zealous officers, he was able to influence lower-ranked staff~~.~~<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://indianexpress~~.~~com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/the-man-who-saw-tomorrow-2/\|title=The Man Who Saw Tomorrow\|date=2014-05-24\|work=The Indian Express\|access-date=2018-08-14\|language=en-US}}</ref>~~		The term Backward has reference in the article 16(4) of the Constitution of India. The S.C., ST. and O.B.C. have been jointly referred to as Backwards because all the castes, falling in these categories, are backward. But the degree of backwardness varies. This is due to the doctrine of graded inequality, professed by Brahminism. The Scheduled castes, Scheduled tribes and Other Backward Class people are well aware that they all are suffering due to caste discrimination and historically they are one class of people -the original inhabitants of this land.

	~~The motto of this organisation is to 'Change the System'~~, ~~to inspire the Sc/St/OBC and Minority bureaucrats to do their bit for the moolnivasi (Sc/St/OBC and Minority) masses~~. ~~In this way, a continuous supply of intellectual property, money~~ and ~~talent was ensured~~. ~~Ram did not want to make BAMCEF an employees' union~~. ~~He wanted it to become an organisation of educated Bahujan employees: "the think tank, talent bank, and financial bank of the ''Bahujan samaj"~~.~~{{sfn\|Jaffrelot\|2003\|p=392}}~~

	~~BAMCEF raised funds~~ to ~~promote their agenda and for training. Kanshi Ram appointed state-level conveners~~ as ~~well as mandal conveners to act as links between state and district levels.{{sfn\|Franco\|Macwan\|Ramanathan\|2004\|p=52}} Suryakant Waghmore says it appealed to "the class among~~ the ~~indigenous moolnivasi bahujans that was comparatively well-off~~, ~~mostly based~~ in ~~urban areas and small towns working as government servants and partially alienated from their untouchable identities"~~.~~{{sfn\|Waghmore\|2013\|p=40}}~~

	~~Others established~~ the ~~[[Dalit Shoshit Samaj Sangharsh Samiti]] (DS4) in 1981~~. This ~~organization made an impact on people in North and South India. Later~~, ~~this group was led~~ by ~~Ishaan Singh Tomar~~. ~~Before the formation of the [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] (BSP)~~, ~~DS4 entered local elections in Delhi~~ and ~~[[Haryana]] in~~ the ~~name~~ of "Limited Political Action". Later on, Ram dissolved DS4 and formed BSP as a completely political wing.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19860131-bsp-finally-arrives-as-mayawati-stuns-political-observers-with-her-election-performance-800536-1986-01-31\|title=BSP finally arrives as Mayawati stuns political observers with her election performance\|website=India Today\|language=en\|access-date=2018-08-14}}</ref> This caused strain within BAMCEF ranks.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZCIlDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA101&lpg=PA101&dq=Ram+dissolved+DS4#v=onepage\|title=Dalits: Past, present and future\|last=Teltumbde\|first=Anand\|date=2016-08-19\|publisher=Taylor & Francis\|isbn=9781315526447\|language=en}}</ref>

	~~In early 1986~~, ~~BAMCEF split~~. ~~Kanshi Ram announced~~ that ~~he was no longer willing~~ to ~~work~~ for ~~any organisation other than BSP~~. ~~One element of BAMCEF~~, ~~which~~ was ~~associated~~ with ~~Kanshi Ram~~, ~~became a shadow organisation to help BSP in electoral mobilisation~~. ~~Those remaining in BAMCEF after Ram's departure registered BAMCEF as an independent non~~-~~political organisation in 1987~~.~~{{sfn\|Waghmore\|2013\|p=46}}~~		As far as the term Minority is concerned, it refers to the religious minorities. Social scientists have proved that during the course of history some of the Mulnivasi (indigenous people) of India i.e. the present day S.C., ST. and O.B.C. got converted to different religions at different point of time. These mainly include Muslims, Sikhs, Christians and Buddhists. It is for this reason that we have decided to organize employees from S.C., ST., O.B.C. and Converted Minority communities. The organization was registered in the year 1987 with the Registrar of societies, Delhi under registration No. S-17809.

	~~The current national president of~~ BAMCEF ~~is [[Waman Meshram]]<ref>{{Citation\|url=https://www~~.~~bamcef~~.~~info/profile~~.~~php\|title=National President of BAMCEF\|date=2018-05-10\|work=MediaReport\|access-date=2020-04-14\|language=en-US}}</ref>~~		'''Central Office:'''
			BAMCEF Bhavan, H. No.: 527(A),
			Neharu Kuti, Near Ambedkar Park,
			Kabir Basti, Malkaganj, New Delhi – 110007, INDIA.

	==References==		==References==
Line 40:		Line 38:
	=== Sources ===		=== Sources ===
	{{refbegin}}		{{refbegin}}
	*{{citation\|title=BAMCEF at a GlanceE\|url=http://www.bamcef.co.in/~~about_us.html~~\|website=BAMCEF\|author=BAMCEF\|date=2017\|accessdate=20 December 2017}}		*{{citation\|title=BAMCEF at a GlanceE\|url=http://www.bamcef.org.in/about/\|website=BAMCEF\|author=BAMCEF\|date=2017\|accessdate=20 December 2017}}
	*{{citation \|title=Journeys to Freedom: Dalit Narratives \|last1=Franco \|first1=F \|last2=Macwan \|first2=J \|last3=Ramanathan \|first3= S \|isbn= 81-85604-65-7 \|year=2004}}		*{{citation \|title=Journeys to Freedom: Dalit Narratives \|last1=Franco \|first1=F \|last2=Macwan \|first2=J \|last3=Ramanathan \|first3= S \|isbn= 81-85604-65-7 \|year=2004}}
	*{{citation \| last = Jaffrelot \| first = Christophe \|authorlink=Christophe Jaffrelot \| year = 2003 \| title = India's silent revolution: the rise of the low castes in North Indian politics \|isbn= 978-81-7824-080-0 \|publisher=Permanent Black \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HWms_1WzF1sC}}		*{{citation \| last = Jaffrelot \| first = Christophe \|authorlink=Christophe Jaffrelot \| year = 2003 \| title = India's silent revolution: the rise of the low castes in North Indian politics \|isbn= 978-81-7824-080-0 \|publisher=Permanent Black \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HWms_1WzF1sC}}
Line 48:		Line 46:

	==External links==		==External links==
	*[http://www.bamcef.~~info~~/ Bamcef homepage]		*[http://www.bamcef.org.in/about// Bamcef homepage]
	*[http://archives.digitaltoday.in/indiatoday/20061023/obituary.html ''India Today'' article about Kanshi Ram]		*[http://archives.digitaltoday.in/indiatoday/20061023/obituary.html ''India Today'' article about Kanshi Ram]
	*[https://twitter.com/bamcefmulnivasi/ BAMCEF Mulnivasi Twitter]

	{{DEFAULTSORT:Bamcef}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:Bamcef}}

>Mcmatter: Reverted 1 edit by 2401:4900:51D5:273:51AE:3544:3963:FC04 (talk): You need to provide an actual reference not just go watch some videos. Cite the specific ones

2021-07-05T04:43:04Z

Reverted 1 edit by 2401:4900:51D5:273:51AE:3544:3963:FC04 (talk): You need to provide an actual reference not just go watch some videos. Cite the specific ones

New page

{{Use Indian English|date=October 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = BAMCEF
| full_name = The All India Backward And Minority Communities Employees Federation
| logo =
| logo_size =
| type = Social organization of educated employees<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/pay-back-to-the-society-after-selfintrospection/article2692377.ece|title=Pay back to the society after self-introspection|author=Staff Reporter|date=2011-12-07|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-08-14|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
| formation = {{start date and age|1978|12|06|p=y|df=yes}}
| founding_location = BAMCEF Convention at New Delhi
| founder = [[Kanshi Ram]]
| status = Active
| leader_title= President
| leader_name =[[Waman Meshram]]
| footnotes =
}}

'''"The All India Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation"''', abbreviated as '''BAMCEF''' (pronounced "bee a em cee e ef", as if spelled). The term got its significance from the Constitution of India, which intersects the oppressed and exploited Indians into classes on the basis of their status: Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Class (OBC) and Minority Communities.

The origins of BAMCEF lie in the organisation for employees of oppressed communities that was established in 1971 by [[Kanshi Ram]], [[D. K. Khaparde]] and Dinabhai. This became BAMCEF at a convention held in [[Delhi]] in 1978, with an official launch on 6 December 1978, the death anniversary of [[B. R. Ambedkar]].{{sfn|Jaffrelot|2010|p=535}} The ideology of BAMCEF is to fight the rooted system of inequality that divides Indian society and to abolish the [[Caste|caste system]].

==History==
As an employee of the Defence Research and Development Laboratory in [[Pune]], Kanshi Ram realized that the formation of a [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes]] bureaucracy was important to serve depressed class's interests. He set about forming a federation, through which he worked his way up the bureaucratic hierarchy. By identifying a few zealous officers, he was able to influence lower-ranked staff.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/the-man-who-saw-tomorrow-2/|title=The Man Who Saw Tomorrow|date=2014-05-24|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2018-08-14|language=en-US}}</ref>

The motto of this organisation is to 'Change the System', to inspire the Sc/St/OBC and Minority bureaucrats to do their bit for the moolnivasi (Sc/St/OBC and Minority) masses. In this way, a continuous supply of intellectual property, money and talent was ensured. Ram did not want to make BAMCEF an employees' union. He wanted it to become an organisation of educated Bahujan employees: "the think tank, talent bank, and financial bank of the ''Bahujan samaj".{{sfn|Jaffrelot|2003|p=392}}

BAMCEF raised funds to promote their agenda and for training. Kanshi Ram appointed state-level conveners as well as mandal conveners to act as links between state and district levels.{{sfn|Franco|Macwan|Ramanathan|2004|p=52}} Suryakant Waghmore says it appealed to "the class among the indigenous moolnivasi bahujans that was comparatively well-off, mostly based in urban areas and small towns working as government servants and partially alienated from their untouchable identities".{{sfn|Waghmore|2013|p=40}}

Others established the [[Dalit Shoshit Samaj Sangharsh Samiti]] (DS4) in 1981. This organization made an impact on people in North and South India. Later, this group was led by Ishaan Singh Tomar. Before the formation of the [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] (BSP), DS4 entered local elections in Delhi and [[Haryana]] in the name of "Limited Political Action". Later on, Ram dissolved DS4 and formed BSP as a completely political wing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19860131-bsp-finally-arrives-as-mayawati-stuns-political-observers-with-her-election-performance-800536-1986-01-31|title=BSP finally arrives as Mayawati stuns political observers with her election performance|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2018-08-14}}</ref> This caused strain within BAMCEF ranks.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZCIlDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA101&lpg=PA101&dq=Ram+dissolved+DS4#v=onepage|title=Dalits: Past, present and future|last=Teltumbde|first=Anand|date=2016-08-19|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9781315526447|language=en}}</ref>

In early 1986, BAMCEF split. Kanshi Ram announced that he was no longer willing to work for any organisation other than BSP. One element of BAMCEF, which was associated with Kanshi Ram, became a shadow organisation to help BSP in electoral mobilisation. Those remaining in BAMCEF after Ram's departure registered BAMCEF as an independent non-political organisation in 1987.{{sfn|Waghmore|2013|p=46}}

The current national president of BAMCEF is [[Waman Meshram]]<ref>{{Citation|url=https://www.bamcef.info/profile.php|title=National President of BAMCEF|date=2018-05-10|work=MediaReport|access-date=2020-04-14|language=en-US}}</ref>

==References==

=== Notes ===
{{reflist}}

=== Sources ===
{{refbegin}}
*{{citation|title=BAMCEF at a GlanceE|url=http://www.bamcef.co.in/about_us.html|website=BAMCEF|author=BAMCEF|date=2017|accessdate=20 December 2017}}
*{{citation |title=Journeys to Freedom: Dalit Narratives |last1=Franco |first1=F |last2=Macwan |first2=J |last3=Ramanathan |first3= S |isbn= 81-85604-65-7 |year=2004}}
*{{citation | last = Jaffrelot | first = Christophe |authorlink=Christophe Jaffrelot | year = 2003 | title = India's silent revolution: the rise of the low castes in North Indian politics |isbn= 978-81-7824-080-0 |publisher=Permanent Black |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HWms_1WzF1sC}}
*{{citation| last = Jaffrelot | first = Christophe |authorlink=Christophe Jaffrelot | year = 2010 |publisher=Primus |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XAO3i_gS61wC&pg=PA535|title=Religion, Caste, and Politics in India| isbn = 9789380607047 }}
*{{citation|last=Waghmore|first=Suryakant|title=Civility against Caste: Dalit Politics and Citizenship in Western India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PPenAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA39|publisher=Sage|year=2013|isbn=978-81-321-1308-9}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
*[http://www.bamcef.info/ Bamcef homepage]
*[http://archives.digitaltoday.in/indiatoday/20061023/obituary.html ''India Today'' article about Kanshi Ram]
*[https://twitter.com/bamcefmulnivasi/ BAMCEF Mulnivasi Twitter]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bamcef}}
[[Category:Dalit politics]]
[[Category:1978 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Ambedkarites]]
[[Category:Anti-Brahminism]]