Lalai Singh Yadav (1921-1993) was a policeman in paramilitary who became a social justice activist and play writer. He wrote plays like ''Shambhuk Vadh''. He translated Periyar E. V. Ramasamy's ''The Key To Understanding True Ramayan'' from Tamil to Hindi as ''Sachi Ramayan Ki Chabi''. In 1962, he wrote a book entitled ''Baman Vadi Rajya Mein Shoshito Par Rajnaitik Dakaiti''. He fought a free speech case against the UP Government on his book ban. Apart from translating True Ramayan, he wrote 5 plays as well, including one on Aṅgulimāla, Shambuka, and

Ekalavya Ekalavya (Sanskrit: एकलव्य, ''ékalavya'') is a character from the Indian epic Mahābhārata. He was a young prince of the Nishadas, a confederation of forest and hill tribes in ancient India. Ekalavya is called as one of the fore ...

Convertion to Buddhism

Lalai Singh Yadav was an Ambedkarite

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. He renounced

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in 1967 and embraced

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. After adopting Buddhism, he removed the word

Yadav Yadav refers to a grouping of traditionally non-elite, 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 state ...

from his name. His deep anti-caste consciousness was working behind the removal of the word Yadav.

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Convertion to Buddhism

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