be traced back to Buddhist literature, to Dalit Bhakti poets like Gora, Raidas, Chokha Mela and Karmamela, and to the Tamil Siddhas, or Chittars — many of whose hagiographies, in accounts such as the 12th-century Periyapuranam, suggest that they may have been Dalits. Modern Dalit writing only emerged as a distinct genre after the democratic and egalitarian thinkers such as Sree Narayana Guru, Jyotiba Phule, B.R. Ambedkar, Iyothee Thass, Sahodaran Ayyappan, Ayyankali, Poykayil Appachan and others began to articulate the sources and modes of caste oppression.

Modern Dalit Literature 
In 1958, the term "Dalit literature" was used at the first conference of Maharashtra Dalit Sahitya Sangha (Maharashtra Dalit Literature Society) in Mumbai 
Baburao Bagul (1930–2008) wrote in Marathi. His first collection of stories, Jevha Mi Jat Chorali (English WhenOur history

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