DR. BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR His Life and Work M.L. SHAHARE waren “en aigte vifiges srqeiera ate sfgraror ofiag NATIONAL COUNCIL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING %February 1988 Phalguna 1909 P.D.5T—PM National Council of Educational Research and Training, 1987 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED {0 No part of thus publication may be reproduced, stored in aretneval system ar transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. (D This book is sold subject to the condition thet it shallnot, by way of trade belent, re-sold, hired ‘Gut or otherwise disposed off without the publisher s consent. n any formof binding or cover ather’ ‘han that n which 1s pubished 1D The correct price of this publication is the price printed on this page. Any revised price indi- ated by a rubber stamp or by @ sucker or by any ather means 1s incorrect and shoud be unacceptable, Publication Team C.N, Rao, Head, Fublication Department U, Prabhakar Rao: Chief Production Officer Prabhakar Dwivedt: ChiefEditor D SaiPrsad. Production Officer Pooran Malt Assistant Editor CP Tandon: Art Officer Rati Ram: Produchon Assistant Cover Karan Chadha Rs. 15.80 seroma at the Publication Department by the Secretary, National Council of Educational Reseatch and Training, Sti Autobindo Marg, New Delhi-110016 and printed at'India Offset Press, A-1 Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064.Foreword The life of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar is a saga of great struggle of a man who tn spite of his being born in a family of ‘“‘Untouchables’’, rose to great heights and occupied important positions entirely on account of his great metit and hard work. Dr. Ambedkar is one of those illustrious sons of our country, whose life and work has influenced and inspired both young and old generations before and after independence. His conttibution in the making of the Constitution of India is phenomenal and similarly his contribution in other fields including education is something which ought to be made known to our young students. Dr. Ambedkar defiantly fought for the betterment of the oppressed classes. And in this struggle he showed rare crusading spirit, carving out in the process an important place for himself among the prominent architects of contemporary India. NCERT has been bringing out large number of supplementary reading material for young students with a view to not only enrich their knowledge and understanding about great petsons and important events of past and contemporary history, but also to introduce them to India’s heritage Therefore, it was in the fitness of things that NCERT brought out a book on Dr. Babasahib Ambedkar, This may be considered as NCERT’s homage to the memory of one of the greatest sons of the country, whose life and work has inspired many people in general and the downtrodden in particular. We are indeed grateful to Dr. M.L. Shahate, formerly Chairman, UPSC for agreeing to take up the work and prepare the present book Special mention has to be made of Prof. K.D. Gangrade, Delhi Schoo! of Social Work, for reviewing the manuscript and contributing valuable suggestions for its improvement. We also record our appreciation of the work of Prof D.S. Muley, DESSH, NCERT, who handled the whole project. It is hoped that the book will prove to be interesting to our young students and generate in them furcher interest in the life and work of such great men that our country has produced in the past. P.L, MALHOTRA Director NewDelhi National Council of Educational August 1986 Research and Training