![]() A believer of non-violence, satyagraha, and dhamma, Dr Ambedkar was deeply moved by the ideas of Buddhism. ![]() His writings at this stage seem to be addressing the moral void Mahatma’s assassination had created in the Indian politics. Granville Austin in his famous book The Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation (1964) described the Constitution of India as one of the most progressive and revolutionary political documents of its time.ĭuring the fifties, Dr Ambedkar drifted away from politics. Article 11 of the Constitution abolished untouchability in every form. He was soon appointed the Chairman of the Drafting Committee formed to write India’s new Constitution. ![]() Post-independence, Dr Ambedkar was invited by Congress to serve as the nation’s first Law Minister, which he accepted. Dr Ambedkar led many social, labour, and agricultural reforms in the region in the years that followed. In 1937, when the British government agreed to hold elections on the provincial level, Dr Ambedkar’s Independent Labor Party won in the Bombay province with a thumping majority. ![]()
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