Shanti Swaroop Baudh: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Indian Hindi-English language writer and Ambedkarite Buddhist activist}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}

{{Use Indian English|date=June 2020}}

| occupation  = Buddhist scholar, writer, publisher, researcher

| children    = Kapil Swaroop Baudh

Baudhacharya '''Shanti Swaroop Baudh''' (2 October 1949<ref>https://www.amazon.in/Sujata-Shanti-Swaroop-Bauddh/dp/B07JLXGHXK</ref><ref>https://maharashtratimes.com/editorial/column/proper-fat/articleshow/76286699.cms</ref><ref>https://countercurrents.org/2020/06/shanti-swaroop-bauddh-a-true-inheritor-of-baba-sahebs-cultural-revolution/</ref> – 6 June 2020) was an Indian writer, [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] scholar, painter, publisher and [[Pali]] language expert.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dahiwale|first=Mangesh|title=Shanti Swaroop Bauddh: The pioneer of Ambedkarite Buddhist and literary movement|url=https://theasianindependent.co.uk/shanti-swaroop-bauddh-the-pioneer-of-ambedkarite-buddhist-and-literary-movement/|access-date=2020-06-11|website=The Asian Independent|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=2020-06-06|title=Shanti Swaroop Bauddh - A True inheritor of Baba Saheb's Cultural Revolution|url=https://countercurrents.org/2020/06/shanti-swaroop-bauddh-a-true-inheritor-of-baba-sahebs-cultural-revolution/|access-date=2020-06-11|website=Countercurrents|language=en-US}}</ref> He was an [[B. R. Ambedkar|Ambedkarite]]-[[Buddhist]] activist.<ref>https://maharashtratimes.com/editorial/column/proper-fat/articleshow/76286699.cms</ref><ref name="auto1"/> He was born in 1949 at Old Delhi in a [[Jatav]] [[Dalit]] family.<ref>{{cite web|last=Abhigyan|first=Manoj|title=Shanti Swaroop Bauddh: An Outstanding Bahujan Warrior|url=https://roundtableindia.co.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9936&catid=129&Itemid=195|access-date=2020-06-11|website=Round Table India|language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=चतुर्थ बौद्ध महोत्सव में समाज के उत्थान पर की चर्चा|url=https://www.amarujala.com/delhi-ncr/noida/201545763365-noida-news|access-date=2020-06-11|website=Amar Ujala|language=hi}}</ref> In 1975, he set up Samyak Prakashan, a publishing house dedicated to [[Dalit Buddhist movement|Ambedkarite]], [[Bahujan]], [[Navayana]] Buddhist, [[Pali literature]] and [[Dalit literature]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kumar|first=Nawal Kishore|date=2020-06-08|title=Obituary: Shanti Swaroop Baudh ( 2 October 1948 – 6 June 2020)|url=https://www.forwardpress.in/2020/06/obituary-shanti-swaroop-baudh-2-october-1948-6-june-2020/|access-date=2020-06-11|website=Forward Press|language=en-US}}</ref>  Samyak Prakashan has published over 2000 books many of which have been translated into some 14 different languages including English, Sinhalese, Nepalese, Burmese.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Supran|first=A.|title=Tribute to Shri Shanti Swaroop Bauddh|url=https://theasianindependent.co.uk/tribute-to-shri-shanti-swaroop-bauddh/|access-date=2020-06-11|website=The Asian Independent|language=en-GB}}</ref> He was a board of editors member of ''Dhamma Darpan'' and Dalit Dastak magazines.<ref>{{Cite web|last=GAUTAM|first=PROF. ARUN|date=2020-06-09|title=Shanti Swarup Bauddh: He spent his whole life for the Bahujans|url=https://www.dalitdastak.com/shanti-swarup-bauddh-he-spent-his-whole-life-for-the-bahujans/|access-date=2020-06-11|website=Dalit Dastak}}</ref> He was Delhi state president of [[Buddhist Society of India]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Jaffrelot|first=Christophe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KIIJkaJo4z4C&q=shanti+swaroop+baudh+news&pg=PA212|title=Dr Ambedkar and Untouchability: Analysing and Fighting Caste|date=2005|publisher=Hurst & Company|isbn=978-1-85065-449-0|language=en}}</ref>

Shanti Swaroop Bauddh's name 'Shanti Swaroop' was given by [[B. R. Ambedkar]] himself.<ref name="auto9">{{cite web|url=http://www.dainiksamrat.com/?p=882|title=बौद्ध विचारवंत शांतिस्वरूप बौद्ध यांचे निधन|date=2020-06-08}}</ref> Shanti Swaroop Bauddh's grandfather Chaudhary Devidas had been associated with [[Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar]] since 1942. Shanti Swaroop Bauddh was born on 2 October 1949, when his name was kept to Gulab Singh. On 4 October 1949, Babasaheb Ambedkar suggested to change the name from Gulab Singh to Shanti Swaroop. At the suggestion of Ambedkar, Chaudhary changed the name of his grandson from Gulab Singh to Shanti Swaroop. After Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar's initiation into Buddhism, Shanti Swaroop accepted 'Buaddh' (''बौद्ध'', also transliterated as ''Buadh'') name as his surname. He became a Buddhist inspired by Ambedkar.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=http://www.dainiksamrat.com/?p=931|title=शांतीस्वरूप बौद्ध : आंबेडकरी आणि बौद्ध तत्वज्ञानाचा भाष्यकार|date=2020-06-09}}</ref><ref>https://countercurrents.org/2020/06/shanti-swaroop-bauddh-a-true-inheritor-of-baba-sahebs-cultural-revolution/</ref>

Shanti Swaroop Buaddh inherited the Ambedkarite movement from his grandfather Chaudhary Devidas and father Lala Harichand Maurya. His father Lala Harichandra Maurya was a participant in the Ambedkarite movement. Therefore, he was associated with the Ambedkarite movement from his student days. While studying in college, he wrote on Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, Buddhism and social issues.<ref name="auto9" /><ref name="auto10" /><ref>https://countercurrents.org/2020/06/shanti-swaroop-bauddh-a-true-inheritor-of-baba-sahebs-cultural-revolution/</ref>

In college days, Shanti Swaroop Buaddh was involved in the 1964 nationwide landless satyagraha movement. After completing his college education, he became active in the [[Republican Party of India]]. He has been active in the [[Buddhist Society of India]] in the Delhi region since 1970. From 1971 to 1973, he was the president of the Republican Party of India's Delhi region. He was instrumental in the development of the Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Bhavan of Delhi. He decided to quit his job as a Gazetted Officer of the government and spread Ambedkar's philosophy i.e. [[Ambedkarism]].<ref name="auto9" /><ref name="auto10" /><ref>https://countercurrents.org/2020/06/shanti-swaroop-bauddh-a-true-inheritor-of-baba-sahebs-cultural-revolution/</ref>

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