Buddhism

The Navayana stream of the Buddhism timeline.

Streams: All of Buddhism Theravada Mahayana Vajrayana Pure Land Zen Tibetan Buddhism Nichiren Buddhism Secular Buddhism Soka Gakkai Navayana

Modern

1956

Ambedkar's mass conversion

B. R. Ambedkar, the Dalit leader and architect of India's constitution, takes refuge in Buddhism at Nagpur with roughly half a million followers, rejecting caste at its root; the Navayana, the new vehicle he proclaims, reads the Buddha's teaching as a gospel of social justice.

Nagpur