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{{short description|Caste of India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{use Indian English|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Akhil Bharatiya Jatav Mahasabha
| image =
| abbreviation = ABJM
| formation = {{start date and age|df=yes|p=y|1917|10|19}}
| founder = [[Manik Chand Jatav-vir]]
[[ Khushilal ji]]
Rashtriya Adhayaksh of Akhil Bharatiya = [[ Sunil Kumar Jatav]]
| founding_location =
| type = Advocacy group
| headquarters = [[Agra]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| region_served = [[India]]
| membership =
| key_people = [[Khemchand Bohare]] (President)
| subsidiaries =
| affiliations = [[Chamar]], [[Ravidassia]], [[Jatav]]
| website =
}}
'''Akhil Bharatiya Jatav Mahasabha''' was founded in India in 1917 under the leadership of [[Manik Chand Jatav-vir|Manik Chand Jatav]] and [[Swami Achootanand]]. It was formed to promote the interests of Jatia/Jatiya for seeking social upliftment into [[Kshatriya]] [[Varna (Hinduism)|varna]].

== Foundation ==
Manik Chand Jatav, Ramnarayan Yadavendu and others came in contact with each other in 1910s. They worked for the upliftment of jatia/jatiya & freeing caste from this disgraceful name. They campaigned for the adopting '[[Jatav]]' surname replacing with names who denotes lower hierarchy.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Pai|first=Sudha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t-qICwAAQBAJ&dq=jatav+mahasabha&pg=PT58|title=Dalit Assertion and the Unfinished Democratic Revolution: The Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh|date=2002-08-30|publisher=SAGE Publications India|isbn=978-81-321-1991-3|language=en}}</ref>

The name 'Jatav' came from Pandit Sunderlal Sagar's book ''Jatav Jivan'' and Ramnarayan Yadavendu's ''Yaduvansh Ka Itihas'', who were based on their similar heritage and clans of [[Yadav]]s and [[Jat people|Jats]] of Braj region.{{clarify|reason=not clear who were "based on their similar heritage..." The authors? The Jatavs? What does "based on" mean?|date=November 2022}} They demanded the status of Kshatriyas and economic prosperity made many Jatavs equal to these middle castes.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Singer|first1=Milton B.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_g-_r-9Oa_sC&q=Jatav&pg=PA216|title=Structure and Change in Indian Society|last2=Cohn|first2=Bernard S.|date=1970|publisher=Transaction Publishers|isbn=978-0-202-36933-4|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Jaffrelot|first=Christophe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OAkW94DtUMAC&dq=jatav+mahasabha&pg=PA200|title=India's Silent Revolution: The Rise of the Lower Castes in North India|date=2003|publisher=Hurst|isbn=978-1-85065-670-8|language=en}}</ref> British government established cantonments in Agra, Delhi, Meerut, Kanpur and other prominent cities which gave Jatavs opportunity to prove themselves they got tenders for making leather products for [[British Indian Army]], and many Jatavs got included into army also. This change created an impact on local Jatavs and they starter organising under one umbrella.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rawat, Ramnarayan S.|title=Reconsidering untouchability : Chamars and Dalit history in North India|date=2011|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-35558-4|location=Bloomington|oclc=526083948}}</ref>

In 1931 census, they played an aggressive role for their demand as inclusion of Jatavs into [[Kshatriya]] fold and renaming them as 'Jatav' from Charmkar. They succeeded and jatia/jatiya were called 'Jatav' in new census of India.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rawat|first=Ramnarayan S.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bz5dKC81O3IC&dq=jatav+mahasabha+founder&pg=PA121|title=Reconsidering Untouchability: Chamars and Dalit History in North India|date=2011|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-22262-6|language=en}}</ref>

== Activities ==
Jatavs encouraged to leave non-veg and lifestyle as upper castes and even few of them adopted 'sacred thread' who were earlier under the influence of [[Arya Samaj]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rawat|first=Ramnarayan S.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bz5dKC81O3IC&dq=pandit+sundarlal+sagar&pg=PA185|title=Reconsidering Untouchability: Chamars and Dalit History in North India|date=2011|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-22262-6|language=en}}</ref>

They established many schools, promoted [[sanskrit]], investment in business and women empowerment.

== Key people ==

*[[Manik Chand Jatav-vir]]
* [[Khemchand Bohare]]<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Paswan|first1=Sanjay|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_DMUdof3ZQMC&dq=jatav+mahasabha&pg=PA164|title=Encyclopaedia of Dalits in India: Leaders|last2=Jaideva|first2=Pramanshi|date=2002|publisher=Gyan Publishing House|isbn=978-81-7835-033-2|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Ramnarayan Yadavendu]]
* Swami Prabhutanand Vyas<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kshīrasāgara|first=Rāmacandra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wx218EFVU8MC&dq=prabhutanand+vyas&pg=PA346|title=Dalit Movement in India and Its Leaders, 1857-1956|date=1994|publisher=M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.|isbn=978-81-85880-43-3|language=en}}</ref>
* Pandit Sundarlal Sagar<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ahuja|first=Amit|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IcSbDwAAQBAJ&dq=pandit+sundarlal+sagar&pg=PA72|title=Mobilizing the Marginalized: Ethnic Parties Without Ethnic Movements|date=2019-07-26|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-091642-8|language=en}}</ref>
* R.P. Deshmukh<ref>{{Cite web|title=Members Bioprofile|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2358.htm|access-date=2020-06-07|website=loksabhaph.nic.in}}</ref>
* Gopichandra Pipal<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kshīrasāgara|first=Rāmacandra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wx218EFVU8MC&dq=gopi+pipal+jatav&pg=PA295|title=Dalit Movement in India and Its Leaders, 1857-1956|date=1994|publisher=M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.|isbn=978-81-85880-43-3|language=en}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[De-Sanskritisation]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Ethnic organisations based in India]]
[[Category:Indian caste movements]]
[[Category:1917 establishments in India]]

Jatav Mahasabha - Revision history

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