:Bihar Dalit Development Organization

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| headquarters = Bailey Road, Rukunpura
Barh, Patna, India

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| leader_title = Founder

| leader_name = José Kananaikil

| leader_title2 = Director

| leader_name2 = Anto Joseph

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| name = Bihar Dalit
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Bihar Dalit Vikas Samiti

| former name = Harijan Uthan Samiti

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| established = {{Start date and age| 1982}}

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| website = [http://www.bdvspatna.org BDVS]

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Bihar Dalit Development Organization (Bihar Dalit Vikas Samiti) was founded in Bihar, India, by José Kananaikil in 1982 for village level mobilization of Dalit men and women, solidarity building, the educational and economic empowerment of Dalits, and the elimination of caste discrimination.[http://www.amanpanchayat.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=10 AMAN panchayat. Accessed 14 July 2016.]

It has grown into an association of 500 villages encompassing 100,000 families, with 14 affiliated centers and a central office at Barh. Its goal is to establish an educated, justice-seeking Dalit society.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mcrg.ac.in/inst1.htm|title=National Institutions on Minority Rights|website=www.mcrg.ac.in|access-date=2017-02-20}} Kananaikil received many awards including the national award of the Bhartiya Dalit Sahitya Academy.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bihartimes.in/articles/ajp/ajp.html|title=Beyond the priestly call|website=www.bihartimes.in|access-date=2017-02-20}}{{Cite web|url=http://bdsakademi.com/about_us.html#Awa|title=BDSAkademi Bharatiya Dalit Sahitya Academy|website=bdsakademi.com|access-date=2017-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222011914/http://bdsakademi.com/about_us.html#Awa|archive-date=2016-12-22|url-status=dead}}