What is Raja Dhale?
[[File:Raja dhale.jpg|right|200px|Raja Dhale]] '''Raja Dhale''' (30 September 1940 – 16 July 2019) was an Indian writer, poet, Ambedkarite thinker, social activist, and political activist. He was one of the founding members of the [[Dalit Panther]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_7IwDwAAQBAJ&q=caste+question|title=The Caste Question: Dalits and the Politics of Modern India|last=Rao|first=Anupama|date=2009-10-13|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=9780520257610|pages=118|language=en}}</ref> He was a member of the [[Republican Party of India]] and led the Raja Dhale faction, after it split.<ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19980108/00851244.html RPI leader Ambedkar unseated] ''Indian Express'', 8 January 1998</ref><ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19981028/30150564.html Ambedkar firm on Nanded meet, split in RPI imminent] ''Indian Express'', 28 October 1998.</ref> Dhale was a candidate in the [[1999 Indian general election|1999 parliament election]] for the [[Mumbai North Central (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mumbai North Central]] constituency and [[2004 Indian general election|2004 parliament elections]] from [[Mumbai North East (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mumbai North East]] constituency, again on Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangha ticket.<ref>[http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/electionstats/candidate/raja%20dhale.html IBN Politics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012130222/http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/electionstats/candidate/raja%20dhale.html |date=2012-10-12 }} ''CNN-IBN''.</ref> Dhale was born in [[Maharashtra]]. He died at a [[Mumbai]] hospital after falling at his home on 16 July 2019 at the age of 78.<ref>{{cite news |title=Raja Dhale, co-founder of Dalit Panther, dies aged 78 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/raja-dhale-co-founder-of-dalit-panther-dies/article28475090.ece |access-date=16 July 2019 |work=The Hindu |date=16 July 2019 |language=en-IN}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dhale, Raja}} [[Ca