sentences:  In the 1950s, the Dalit political leader B. R. Ambedkar (1891-1956) influenced by his reading of Pali sources and Indian Buddhists like Dharmanand Kosambi and Lakshmi Narasu, began promoting conversion to Buddhism for Indian low caste Dalits.His Dalit Buddhist Movement was most successful in the Indian states of Maharashtra, which saw large scale conversions.Ambedkar's "Neo Buddhism" included a strong element of social and political protest against Hinduism and the Indian caste system.