MAMA BALESHWAR DAYAL

CONTRIBUTION OF MAMA BALESHWAR DAYAL FOR THE BHILANCHAL

A Brief Comment

Two years back on 26th of December, 2006 the disciples of Mama Baleshwar Dayal celebrated his birth centenary. A huge crowd of the Bhils, Bhilalas, Dalits and OBC folks had gathered in Bamania in the District of Jhabua (MP) to commemorate the day and to pay respect to their great Master and the only and the last hope for their development, liberation, etc. Many national, regional and local level leaders were present to pay tribute in the Ashram of Mama next to the Bamania railway station. For the Bhils of Bhilanchal Mama was a local Gandhi a solid hope in th4 hopeless situation. Due to Mama the Bhils had chance to associate personally with Mahatma Gandhi. An old ruling tribe of Western and North India, which was considered once upon a time, to be violent due to their certain historical deprivation by the non tribals in ancient Nishad land and later the Bhils regions of today.

It was a great success of Mama Baleshwar Dayal the great Guru and selfless leader of the ST, SC & OBC of the region, to convert them into non violent, submissive or docile citizens in favour of the rule of law. Kamaji Bhai Bhabar, a senior disciple of Mama once said that their Guru Mama Baleshwar Dayal was a dam god for them. Even if Mama told them to go and jump in the flooded river Mahi, they would blindly obey him. Mama was a man of SC, ST & OBC and if he was alive today definite he would be supporting none of the national political parties we but one like BSP which caters the basic needs of the poor of the poor in the country.

Mama led the Bhils and other lower class of peoples suffering injustices on all the fronts to raise their voices. As a result his disciples learn from him clean politics which later got corrupted due to his old age and inflow of funds to this region. He succeeded to promoting 5 Members of Parliament and 16 MLA in various states without the backing of major political parties and their funds to influence the voters. For adult education, economic upliftment, unification of the Bhil region or Bhilanchal unjustly divided in four states, Panchayati raj, Bhili, Bhil Panchayats, herbal medicines, tribal employment, Adivasi Human rights, Adivasi cultural rights, Adivasi rights for food, tribal rights over their historically owned land, forced labour, etc. revenues, he made a massive contribution which needs to be highlighted in a successful way. Three smarikas were published by some of his followers, but these did not do sufficient justice to his contributions in Bhilanchal. An objective and elaborate volume on the life, teachings and works of Mama Baleshwar Dayal is awaited. Possibly Mamayan a book written in Bhili by Mahipal Bhuriya as narrated by the Bhils of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat is still awaited which may do justice to the Mama of Bhilanchal.

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