Trimbak Mukundrao Kamble was an Indian politician and Ambedkarite activist. He was the leader of Republican Party Of India (Democratic), a splinter faction of the Republican Party of India. Kamble was from Maharashtra and a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council. He was a popular Dalit leader.[1] [2]
Kamble was in politics since the formation of the Indian Dalit Panthers. He was a leader of the Namantar Andolan (Name Change Movement) of Marathwada University and an active leader in the Dalit Panthers. During 1990–96, he served as a legislator in the Maharashtra Legislative Council. Kamble was the former president of the Republican Party of India (A). He was an Ambedkarite activist and a Buddhist. He left the party after differences with senior leader Ramdas Athawale and formed the new party Republican Party of India (Democratic), and became its president.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
He died aged 67 in Vivekanand Hospital and Research Center Latur on 28 September 2013.[8]