Akhil Bharatiya Jatav Mahasabha was founded in 1917 under the leadership of Manik Chand Jatav and Swami Achootanand. But in 24 January 2025 redeveloped by Shree khushilal ji the new founder of Akhil Bharatiya Jatav Mahasabha and Sunil Sirohi Jatav the Rashtriya Adhayaksh of Akhil Bharatiya Jatav Mahasabha.It is forme to promote the interests of Chamars for seeking social upliftment into .

Foundation

Manik Chand Jatav, Ramnarayan Yadavendu and others came in contact with each other in 1910s. They worked for the upliftment of Chamars & freeing caste from this disgraceful name. They campaigned for the adopting '

Jatav Jatav, also known as Jatava/Jatan/ Jatua/Jhusia /Jatia/Jatiya, is an Indian Dalit community that are considered to be a subcaste of the Chamar caste, who are classified as a Scheduled Caste under modern India's system of positive discriminati ...

' surname replacing with names who denotes lower hierarchy. The name 'Jatav' came from Pandit Sunderlal Sagar's book ''Jatav Jivan'' and Ramnarayan Yadavendu's ''Yaduvansh Ka Itihas'', who were based on their similar heritage and clans of

Yadav Yadavs are a grouping of non-elite, peasant-pastoral Quote: "The Yadavs were traditionally a low-to-middle-ranking cluster of pastoral-peasant castes that have become a significant political force in Uttar Pradesh (and other northern states l ...

s and

Jats The Jat people (, ), also spelt Jaat and Jatt, are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, many Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in ...

of Braj region. They demanded the status of Kshatriyas and economic prosperity made many Jatavs equal to these middle castes. British government established cantonments in Agra, Delhi, Meerut, Kanpur and other prominent cities which gave Jatavs opportunity to prove themselves they got tenders for making leather products for

British Indian Army The Indian Army was the force of British Raj, British India, until Indian Independence Act 1947, national independence in 1947. Formed in 1895 by uniting the three Presidency armies, it was responsible for the defence of both British India and ...

, and many Jatavs got included into army also. This change created an impact on local Jatavs and they starter organising under one umbrella. In 1931 census, they played an aggressive role for their demand as inclusion of Jatavs into

Kshatriya Kshatriya () (from Sanskrit ''kṣatra'', "rule, authority"; also called Rajanya) is one of the four varnas (social orders) of Hindu society and is associated with the warrior aristocracy. The Sanskrit term ''kṣatriyaḥ'' is used in the con ...

fold and renaming them as 'Jatav' from Charmkar. They succeeded and

Chamar Chamar (or Jatav) is a community classified as a Scheduled Caste under modern India's Reservation in India, system of affirmative action that originated from the group of trade persons who were involved in leather tanning and shoemaking. They a ...

were called 'Jatav' in new census of India.

Activities

Jatavs encouraged to leave non-veg and lifestyle as upper castes and even few of them adopted 'sacred thread' who were earlier under the influence of

Arya Samaj Arya Samaj () is a monotheistic Indian Hindu reform movement that promotes values and practices based on the belief in the infallible authority of the Vedas. Dayananda Saraswati founded the samaj in the 1870s. Arya Samaj was the first Hindu ...

. They established many schools, promoted

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, investment in business and women empowerment.

Key people

* Manik Chand Jatav-vir * Khemchand Bohare * Ramnarayan Yadavendu * Swami Prabhutanand Vyas * Pandit Sundarlal Sagar * R.P. Deshmukh * Gopichandra Pipal{{Cite book, last=Kshīrasāgara, first=Rāmacandra, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wx218EFVU8MC&dq=gopi+pipal+jatav&pg=PA295, title=Dalit Movement in India and Its Leaders, 1857-1956, date=1994, publisher=M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd., isbn=978-81-85880-43-3, language=en

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Ethnic organisations based in India Indian caste movements 1917 establishments in India

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