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Dr B R Ambedkar’s Contribution on Women Empowerment in Independent India
Dr. D. Subramani,
Pages: 1-15 | First Published: 05 Oct 2024
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Abstract

            Dr. B .R. Ambedkar is the principal architect of the Indian constitution and as an emancipator of the poor and deprived. Andthe first law minister of India. He was not only a crusader against the caste system and a valiant fighter for the cause of the downtrodden but also an elder statesman and a National Leader. Dr. B .R. Ambedkar was the beacon of light for the millions of depressed, oppressed and exploited people of India. Dr.B.R.Ambedkar’s mission in his life was to challenge the ideological foundation of a graded system of caste hierarchy that denied equality, freedom and human dignity to women in Hindu Society, but his drown documents as the living documents i.e. Indian constitution bring the equality through the rule of law in this nation. The paper gives closer and more analytical insights into the thoughts of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar so as to appreciate his ideological basis of political, economic, and social justice for the empowerment of women in Indian society. 

Keywords: Social justice, Hindu Social order, Women's problems, Mahad Satyagraha, Hindi code Bill, Manu Smriti and Indian Constitution. Nationalists, Fraternity, Contribution, Assembly.

 

 

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