Manusmriti Dahan Day / Women’s Liberation Day

Manusmriti Dahan Day / Women’s Liberation Day
On 25 December 1927, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar burned the Manusmriti at Mahad—a text that imposed injustice and slavery upon women and Shudras. This day stands as a revolutionary symbol of human dignity, equality, women’s liberation, and social justice.

In that blazing fire,
it was not just a book that burned;
what burned wasthe slavery imposed for centuries,
the words of injustice written on women, on Shudras, on humanity itself.
When Dr. Babasaheb ignited that fire,
he did not hold a torch in his hand,
he held the idea of equality.
The Manusmriti burned,
and was bornthe dawn of human dignity,
where not birth, but humanity
itself became what mattered.
This day of burning is not a day of hatred;
it is a day to break the chains of injustice,
a rebirth of humanity.
Even today, to those who still carry the
Manusmriti in their minds,
we say—those who make history
do not hesitate to ignite it again.
This struggle is alive,
it lives in our thoughts,
it lives in the Constitution,
and it is our very breath.

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