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Mahad, a town in Konkan, was selected for the event because it had a nucleus of support from 'caste hindus'.
These included A.V.Chitre, an activist from the Marathi [[Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu]] (CKP) community; [[G.N.Sahasrabudhe]], a [[Chitpawan Brahmin]] of the Social Service League and [[Surendranath Tipnis]], a [[CKP]] who was president of the Mahad municipality.<ref name="omvedt">{{cite book | title =Dalits and the Democratic Revolution: Dr Ambedkar and the Dalit Movement in Colonial India|last1=Omvedt|first1=Gail|page=138|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=leuICwAAQBAJ&pg=PT138&dq=tipnis+ambedkar#q=tipnis%20ambedkar|isbn=9788132119838|date=1994-01-30}}</ref>
[[Surendranath Tipnis]], the president of the Mahad municipality declared its public spaces open to untouchables and invited Ambedkar to hold a meeting at Mahad in 1927.<ref name="chatterjee11">{{cite book|last1=Chatterjee|first1=N.|title=The Making of Indian Secularism: Empire, Law and Christianity, 1830-1960|date=2011|page=66|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vCOGDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA66&dq=tipnis+invited+ambedkar#q=tipnis%20invited%20ambedkar|isbn=9780230298088}}</ref> After the meeting, they proceeded to the 'Chowder tank'.<ref name="DeShastree1996" /> Ambedkar drank water from the tank and thousands of untouchables followed him.<ref name="DeShastree1996">{{cite book|author1=Ranjit Kumar De|author2=Uttara Shastree|title=Religious Converts in India: Socio-political Study of Neo-Buddhists|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yYInC70BSEgC&pg=PA10|year=1996|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-629-3|page=10}}</ref><ref name ="chatterjee11" />
Ambedkar also made a statement addressing the Dalit women during the Satyagraha. He asked them to abandon all old customs that provided recognizable markers of untouchability and asked them to wear saris like high caste women. Before that time, the Dalit women were not allowed to drape saris completely. Immediately after Ambedkar's speech at Mahad, the dalit women readily decided to drape their saris like the higher caste women.
A riot broke out following a rumour that Ambedkar and his followers were planning to enter a Hindu temple in the town. And the caste Hindu argued that untouchables polluted the tank by taking water from it. To purify the tank cow-urine and cow-dung were used. 108 pots containing a mixture of these products were emptied into the tank while Brahmins recited mantras. The tank was then declared fit for upper caste hindu consumption.<ref name="Sangharakshita2006" />
Ambedkar decided to hold the second conference in Mahad on 26–27 December 1927. But caste Hindus filed a case against him that tank as a private property.<ref name="Chitkara2002">{{cite book|author=Madan Gopal Chitkara|title=Dr. Ambedkar and Social Justice|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=riTiTry4U3EC&pg=PA3|date=1 January 2002|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-7648-352-0|page=3}}</ref> He was not able to continue his satyagraha as the case was [[sub judice]].
On 25 December (''[[Manusmriti Dahan Din]]''), Shastrabuddhe under the guidance of Ambedkar, burnt ''[[Manusmriti]]'', a Hindu law book, as a protest. In December 1937, the [[Bombay High Court]] ruled that untouchables have the right to use water from the tank.<ref name="Jadhav2005">{{cite book|author=K.N Jadhav|title=Dr. Ambedkar and the Significance of His Movement|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9o3rZNud9oIC&pg=PA24|date=1 January 2005|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7154-329-8|page=24}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Shailaja Paik|title=Dalit Women's Education in Modern India: Double Discrimination|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lOsABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA165|pages=165|date=1 January 2005|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317673316}}</ref>
Struggle to access water by Dalit still continues. Access to water is still denied to Dalits at many places and are beaten or killed many times if they try to drink water from the forbidden places.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bhopal/dalit-boy-not-allowed-water-from-school-hand-pump-drowns-while-drinking-from-well/story-9KLdKKDT9BazWAPy56ZxDP.html|title=Dalit boy denied water from hand pump, drowns while drinking from well|date=2016-03-09|work=Hindustan Times|access-date=2018-11-14|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/dalit-girl-attacked-by-priest-in-uttar-pradesh-for-trying-to-draw-water-from-temple-well-2946630.html|title=Dalit girl attacked by priest in Uttar Pradesh for trying to draw water from temple well - Firstpost|website=www.firstpost.com|access-date=2018-11-14}}</ref>▼
▲Struggle to access water by Dalit still continues. Access to water is still denied to Dalits at many places and are beaten or killed many times if they try to drink water from the forbidden places.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bhopal/dalit-boy-not-allowed-water-from-school-hand-pump-drowns-while-drinking-from-well/story-9KLdKKDT9BazWAPy56ZxDP.html|title=Dalit boy denied water from hand pump, drowns while drinking from well
On 19th March 1940, Dr. Ambedkar arranged a rally and public conference in Mahad to recollect 14th Mahad Satyagraha Day as "Empowerment Day". On this day, [[:mr:%E0%A4%85%E0%A5%85%E0%A4%A1 %E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F %E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%81 %E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80 %E0%A4%96%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87#|Adv. Vishnu Narhari Khodke]], as President of Mahad Municipal Corporation, arranged a function and honoured Dr. Ambedkar with a Letter of Honour (मानपत्र) for his "Chavdar tale Satyagraha" and "Manusmruti Dahan" and other movements in Mahad.<ref>{{cite book|title=dr.ambedkars writings and speeches volume 18 part 2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ReZatF2yzR0C&dq=%E0%A4%96%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%2B%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%81%2B%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80&q=%E0%A4%96%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87|page=337|last1 = Ambedkar|first1 = Bhimrao Ramji|year = 2010}}</ref>
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