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GUARD THE INTERESTS OF THE DEPRESSED CLASSES
“Under the auspices of the Ahmednagar District Depressed Class Sewa Sangh, a public meeting was held in the Kamgar Maidan on January 15th 1938, under the Chairmanship of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, to congratulate Mr. Prabhakar Janardan Roham, M.L.A., on his election to the Bombay Legislative Assembly. Mr. Roham was presented with an address and a purse of Rs. 201 at the said meeting. About 500 persons attended.
Dr. Ambedkar, Bhawoosaheb Gaikwad and Shinde Master addressed the gathering in Marathi.
They stated that Mr. Roham was successful in getting himself elected to the Assembly on the ticket of the Independent Labour Party, due to the solid support of the Depressed Classes of the Ahmednagar District and now expected him to guard the interests of the Depressed Classes. In conclusion, they thanked the audience for their attendance at the meeting.
The meeting commenced at about 10.30 p.m. and concluded peacefully at about 11.30 p.m.” [1]
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1 : Source material Vol. I, P. 163.