Long before ‘Jai Bhim’ became a greeting of solidarity and pride for Dalit communities across India, the slogan was born quietly on the banks of a river in rural Marathwada.

Its origin story, tucked away in Makranpur village of Kannad tehsil, goes back to December 30, 1938, when Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar addressed a historic gathering that helped shape a social awakening.

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How ‘Jai Bhim’ took birth at Makranpur Parishad

At the first-ever Makranpur Parishad, which was organised by Scheduled Castes Federation of Marathwada’s first president Bhausaheb More, Ambedkar delivered a powerful address urging people not to support the princely state of Hyderabad, under whose rule large parts of central Maharashtra then fell.

According to Assistant Commissioner of Police Pravin More,

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