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Nashik Activist Krishna Chandgude Receives Award For Anti-Caste-Panchayat Work

Nashik Activist Krishna Chandgude Receives Award For Anti-Caste-Panchayat Work
Nashik: Krishna Chandgude Honoured With Bhateke-Vimukta Samaj Karyagaurav Award · freepressjournal.in

Krishna Chandgude is an activist who works against harmful decisions made by caste panchayats.

He received an award for this work.

His campaign began in Nashik after activists investigated the murder of a pregnant woman in 2013.

The article says pressure from a caste panchayat played a role in the case.

Chandgude and other activists later expanded their campaign across Maharashtra.

Their work helped support a law against social boycotts.

The campaign also helped dismantle 19 caste panchayats among Bhateke-Vimukta communities.

The article says his work has helped people affected by harmful customs regain dignity and security.

Key facts

Award
Bhateke-Vimukta Samaj Karyagaurav Award
Award recipient
Krishna Chandgude
Award presenter
Bhateke-Vimukta Shoshit Community Struggle Organisation
Ceremony venue
Sane Guruji Memorial, Pune
Campaign
MANS’s Jat Panchayat Muthmati Abhiyan, a campaign against caste panchayats
Related legislation
Maharashtra Prohibition of Social Boycott Act, 2016
Caste panchayats dismantled
19 among Bhateke-Vimukta communities, according to the article

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