DR.AMBEDKAR AND UNTOUCHABILITY

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B.R. Ambedkar was the first Dalit or low-caste Hindu to be formally educated to the highest level, gaining his Ph.D. in the West. despite this huge achievement he remained true to his background and origins, fighting for Dalit rights throughout his life. No one today doubts Ambedkar's status as India's first and foremost Dalit.For years, Ambedkar waged a singular and lonely battle against India's brahminical and higher caste political establishment, which included Mahatma Gandhi, who resisted ambedkar effort to formalize and codity a separate identity for lower caste Hindus. About Author : Christophe Jaffrelot is director of CERI at Sciences Po in Paris. His book inlcude the Hindu Nationalist Mvoement and Indian Poltiics and India Silent Revoluton. Contents : AcknowledgementsMapsIntroducionMaharashtra between social reforms and anti-Brahmin MobilisationAmbedkarAnalysing and Ethnicising caste to eradicate it more effectivelyIn the Political arena, against GandhiSearchign for an Eelctoral strategyOpposition or CollaborationShaping the Indian ConstitutionThe solution of conversionThe impact and relevance of Ambedkar todayConclusionNotesSelect BibliographyIndex