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Bezwada

British  
/ ˈbeɪzˌwɑːdə /

noun

  1. the former name of Vijayawada

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Bezwada Wilson leads one of the largest organizations fighting caste discrimination in India.

From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2024

Mr. Bezwada said his politics were shaped by the architect of India’s Constitution, Bhim Rao Ambedkar, who himself belonged to Mr. Bezwada’s Dalit caste.

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2024

It was by reading Mr. Ambedkar, Mr. Bezwada said, that his anger shifted from his community for not resisting, toward society and the government for pushing his caste into inhumane jobs.

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2024

Bezwada Wilson, national convenor of the Safai Karmachari Andolan, alleges that the government "lacks the willingness" to count the exact number of manual scavengers.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2023

Further south the Hindus were more in evidence, and entertained us royally at Bezwada and Masulipatam.

From Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches by T. L. (Theodore Leighton) Pennell

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