Samata Sainik Dal

{{Short description|Indian socio-political organization}}

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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox organization

| caption = Volunteer of Samata Sainik Dal at Chaitya Bhoomi

| logo = Samta Sainik Dal Women Wing.jpg

| logo_size = 250px

| formation = {{start date and age|1927|p=y|df=yes}}

| type = Ambedkarite volunteer,

| status = Active

| purpose = Supporting Prabuddha Bharata

| headquarters = Deekshabhoomi, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

| language = Hindi
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| leader_title = Commander In Chief

| leader_name = Miratai Ambedkar

| main_organ = The Buddhist Society of India

| affiliations = Scheduled Castes Federation

| volunteers = Soldiers for social justice and human dignity representative of India’s Depressed class.

| slogan =

| footnotes =

| abbreviation = SSD

| founder = Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

| coordinates = {{coord|21|7|41|N|79|4|1|E|type:landmark}}

| origins =

| region_served = India{{cite web | title=Samta Sainik Dal | website=Samata Sainik Dal | date=17 April 2016 | url=https://samatasainikdalindia.org/ | accessdate=24 April 2016}}

| method =

| membership =

| former name = Bhimsevak Dal

| homepage = {{URL|https://samatasainikdalindia.org/}}

}}

Samata Sainik Dal, (Army of Soldiers for Equality{{cite book |title=The Caste Question: Dalits and the Politics of Modern India |page=100 |first1=Anupama |last1=Rao |publisher=University of California Press |year=2009 |isbn=9780520257610 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tDRiJ3HZVPQC |accessdate=2012-06-13}} or Party of the Fighters for Equality{{cite book |title=Dr Ambedkar and Untouchability: Analysing and Fighting Caste |page=79 |first1=Christophe |last1=Jaffrelot |publisher=C. Hurst & Co. |location=London |year=2005 |edition=Revised |origyear=2000 |isbn=9781850654490 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KIIJkaJo4z4C |accessdate=2012-06-13}}) abbreviated as SSD, is a social organisation founded by B. R. Ambedkar in 1927 with the objective of safeguarding the rights of all oppressed sections of Indian society.{{cite book |title=Political Mobilization And Identity In Western India, 1934-47 |page=200 |first1=Shri |last1=Krishan |publisher=SAGE |year=2005 |isbn=9780761933427 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LeLxV4W-CJcC |accessdate=2012-06-13}}{{cite web | title=About | website=Samata Sainik Dal | date=8 November 1936 | url=http://ssdindia.org/about/ | accessdate=24 April 2016}}