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'''D. K. Khaparde''' (13 May 1939, [[Nagpur]], – 29 February 2000, [[Pune]]) was an Indian activist and a co-founder of the precursor to [[BAMCEF]] in 1971 and later the president of BAMCEF.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bsp-founder-kanshi-rams-dalit-group-bamcef-plans-to-contest-400-lok-sabha-seats/articleshow/28720185.cms|title=BSP founder Kanshi Ram's Dalit group Bamcef plans to contest 400 Lok Sabha seats|last=Singh|first=Rohini|date=2014|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2018-10-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/nation/dentist-vaccinated-by-covid-19-sick-condition-critical-in-andhra-pradesh-3434722.html|title = कोविड-19 का टीका लगवाने वाली डॉक्टर बीमार, डॉक्टरों ने कहा-लिवर, किडनी में था संक्रमण|date = 27 January 2021}}</ref>

A [[Mahar]] [[Marathi Buddhists|Buddhist]],<ref name="jaffrelot"/> after completion of his [[B.Sc.]] from Institute of Science at Nagpur, Khaparde joined the Defence Establishment of [[Pune]]. In Pune, he met [[Kanshi Ram]], whom he enlightened about the movement of [[Ambedkarism]], philosophy of [[B. R. Ambedkar]].<ref name="jaffrelot">{{cite book |title=India's Silent Revolution: The Rise of the Lower Castes in North India |first=Christophe |last=Jaffrelot |authorlink=Christophe Jaffrelot |edition=Reprinted |publisher=C. Hurst & Co. Publishers |year=2003 |isbn=978-1-85065-398-1 |page=390 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-rMW03l_gx0C&pg=PA390}}</ref>

The crises on the issue of Jayanti celebration of [[B. R. Ambedkar]] in the Defence establishment galvanised the followers of Ambedkar. They decided to form a nationwide organisation to spread the movement of Phule-Ambedkar and formed BAMCEF on 6 December 1978.{{cn|date=October 2018}}

Kanshi Ram left him in 1985 and therefore he had registered BAMCEF in 1987 in consultation with other colleagues. He resigned from the service and dedicated completely for 13 years and established BAMCEF offices in 18 states of India]to spread Phule-Ambedkar movement. It is said that Kanshi Ram wanted to make BAMCEF enter into the political sphere but Khaparde wanted it to remain a social organization hence there were conflicts.<ref>Remembering D. K. Khaparde Saheb (Founder of BAMCEF) On Death Anniversary (29th February) https://velivada.com/2020/02/29/d-k-khaparde-saheb-founder-of-bamcef-29-february/</ref>

After the 16th National convention of BAMCEF in 1999 at [[Patna]], [[Bihar]], Kharparde was diagnosed with [[stomach cancer]]. He died on 29 February 2000 at Pune.{{cn|date=October 2018}}

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
*{{cite book |title=Identity, Rights, and Awareness: Anticaste Activism in India and the Awakening of Justice through Discursive Practices |first=Jeremy A. |last=Rinker |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |year=2018 |isbn=978-1-49854-194-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r9BwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA22}}
*{{cite book |title=The Untouchables: Subordination, Poverty and the State in Modern India |first1=Oliver |last1=Mendelsohn |first2=Marika |last2=Vicziany |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1998 |isbn=978-0-52155-671-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FGbp9MjhvKAC&pg=PA220}}

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