- Dr. B.R. Ambedkar organised Dalits into the Depressed Classes Association in 1930.
- He clashed with Mahatma Gandhi at the Second Round Table Conference by demanding separate electorates for the dalits.
- Dalits began organising themselves, demanded reserved seats in educational institutions and a separate electorate which they could get only when they were politically empowered and for that Dr. Ambedkar fully supported them.