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'''Kisan Faguji Bansod''' ({{lang-mr|किसन फागुजी बनसोड}}, 1879–1946) was a leader of [[Dalit]] movement in pre-independence [[India]].<br />
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[[File:Kisan Faguji Bansode Jalsa.jpg|thumb|right|Jalsa of Kisan Faguji Bansod]]<br />
Bansod was born on 18 February 1879 in a [[Mahar]] family at Mohapa village near [[Nagpur]]. Influenced by the [[Bhakti]] cult, he was a proponent of upliftment of dalits within the fold of Hinduism.<ref name=Jaffrelot/> He was an advocate of education for dalit boys and girls. Therefore, he established one Chokhamela girls' school at Nagpur. He was also aware of importance of the press to create awareness among the dalit community. He started his own press in 1910 and published the journals ''Nirashrit Hind Nagarik'', ''Vital Vidhwansak'', ''Majur Patrika'', and ''Chokhamela''. He was one of the secretaries of All India Depressed Classes Conference held at Nagpur in 1920.<ref name="KSagar">{{cite book|last=Kshirsagar |first=Ramchandra |title=Dalit Movement in India and Its Leaders, 1857-1956 |pp=176-177 |year=1994 |publisher=M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.|isbn=9788185880433}}</ref><br />
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Bansod was influenced by the works of [[Brahmo Samaj]] and [[Prarthana Samaj]]. He attended the annual function of [[Prarthana Samaj]] in 1905 at [[Mumbai]]. He was also associated with [[Vitthal Ramji Shinde]], founder of Depressed Classes Mission.<ref name="Shinde">{{cite book |last=Shinde |first=V. R. |editor=Pawar, G. M. |title=महर्षी विठ्ठल रामजी शिंदे समग्र वाङमय |chapter=निराश्रित साहाय्यक मंडळी |url=http://virashinde.com/index.php/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A0%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%AF/1372-%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%95-%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B3%E0%A5%80.html |accessdate=2018-02-20 |language=Marathi}}</ref> Though he was a supporter of theory of Aryan conquest and enslavement of dalits, contrary to Dr. [[B. R. Ambedkar]], he was in favour of reforms in Hinduism rather than conversion out of it.<ref name="Rao">{{cite book |last=Rao |first=Anupama |title=The Caste Question: Dalits and the Politics of Modern India |p=294,302 |publisher=University of California Press |year=2009 |isbn=9780520257610 }}</ref><ref name="Jaffrelot">{{cite book |last=Jaffrelot |title=Dr Ambedkar and Untouchability: Analysing and Fighting Caste |pp=42-44 |publisher=Orient Blackswan |year=2006 |isbn=9788178241562}}</ref><br />
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He died on 10 October 1946 at Nagpur.<ref name=KSagar/><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Dalit history]]<br />
[[Category:Dalit activists]]<br />
[[Category:People from Nagpur]]<br />
[[Category:1879 births]]<br />
[[Category:1946 deaths]]</div>2405:204:91AD:F3A0:0:0:4A9:8A4