Chavadar Lake (Mahad)

India / Maharashtra / Mahad
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This is the place from where Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar started the fight for Dalit rights in 1927. At the time it was not allowed for Dalit people to drink water of this lake. Dr Ambedkar, undertook Satyagrah against upper cast Brahmins to btain the right to drink water from the lake.
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Coordinates:   18°4'53"N   73°25'7"E

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