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Swami Achhootanand was born to Moti Ram and Ram Piari into [[Chamar ]] caste and were followers of [[Kabir panth]]. His father and uncles, Kalu Ram and Subedar Mathura Prasad and elder brother, Subedar Bant Lal, all of them were in the [[British Indian Army]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Narayan|first=Badri|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0bo0AwAAQBAJ&q=swami+achhutanand+chamar+caste&pg=PT105|title=Kanshiram: Leader of the Dalits|date=2014-04-18|publisher=Penguin UK|isbn=978-93-5118-670-0|language=en}}</ref> | Swami Achhootanand was born to Moti Ram and Ram Piari into [[Chamar ]] caste and were followers of [[Kabir panth]]. His father and uncles, Kalu Ram and Subedar Mathura Prasad and elder brother, Subedar Bant Lal, all of them were in the [[British Indian Army]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Narayan|first=Badri|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0bo0AwAAQBAJ&q=swami+achhutanand+chamar+caste&pg=PT105|title=Kanshiram: Leader of the Dalits|date=2014-04-18|publisher=Penguin UK|isbn=978-93-5118-670-0|language=en}}</ref> | ||
Swami Acchutanand was bom in a Chamar family in Farrukhabad district ( now his village is a part of district Kannauj) Uttar Pradesh and later his family shifted to mainpuri UP. | Swami Acchutanand was bom in a Chamar family in Farrukhabad district ( now his village near saurikh is a part of district Kannauj) Uttar Pradesh and later his family shifted to mainpuri UP. | ||
He studied in the town of [[Nasirabad, Ajmer|Nasirabad]] and was well versed in eight languages – Urdu, English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Persian, Marathi, Bengali, and Punjabi. He was married at a young age to Hira Bai or Durga Bai.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forwardpress.in/2016/09/swami-achhootanand-progenitor-of-north-indias-dalit-movement/|title=Swami Achhootanand: Progenitor of North India's Dalit movement|last=राजबहादुर|first=Raj Bahadur|date=2016-09-13|website=Forward Press|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-11}}</ref> | He studied in the town of [[Nasirabad, Ajmer|Nasirabad]] and was well versed in eight languages – Urdu, English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Persian, Marathi, Bengali, and Punjabi. He was married at a young age to Hira Bai or Durga Bai.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forwardpress.in/2016/09/swami-achhootanand-progenitor-of-north-indias-dalit-movement/|title=Swami Achhootanand: Progenitor of North India's Dalit movement|last=राजबहादुर|first=Raj Bahadur|date=2016-09-13|website=Forward Press|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-11}}</ref> | ||