Campaign in support of 'Untouchables'

The majority of the papers in this file relate to a national conference organised by the Indian Workers Association to discuss 'Atrocities against the 'Untouchables' in India' on 10th September 1978 in Bedford. These papers consist of handwritten drafts and later typescript versions of notices and booking forms for the conference; handwritten drafts of the conference resolution on atrocities against 'untouchables'; typescript copy of a notice to branch committee members issued by the Indian Workers Association regarding the decision taken at the conference to participate in a demonstration called by the Indian Republican Group to protest against atrocities against 'untouchables' on 17th September 1978.

The file also contains a printed notice for a mass picket at India House in March 1979. The notice was issued by the Bharati Dalit Mukti Alliance, with support from the Indian Workers Association, and is printed in English and Punjabi. The picket was held to oppose the death sentences handed out to six 'Dalits' who resisted armed attacks by landlords in Bhiar.

There are also three items relating to a demonstration in 1969, consisting of a typescript statement issued by the Indian Republicans Group of Great Britain, Handsworth on atrocities against untouchables which includes an appeal for people to join a demonstration organised with Balmik Sabha Wolverhampton at the offices of the High Commission of India in London; a leaflet about a public meeting on the issues of treatment of untouchables, organised by the Indian Republicans Group to be held in Wolverhampton; and a typescript notice issued by the Birmingham branch of the Indian Workers Association to office bearers of the Executive Committee, giving details about the demonstration organised by the Indian Republicans Group, signed by Avtar Jouhl. The notice also contains details about the next meeting of the Birmingham branch.