Volume : VI, Issue : II, February - 2016

Dr. Ambedkar: An Architect of the Indian Constitution

Dr. Gurnam Chand

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Due to his seminal role in the framing of the Indian constitution; Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar is popularly known allover India as the Chief Architects of the Indian Constitution. His efforts to eradicate social evils were remarkable and that is why he is called the “messiah” of dalits and downtrodden in India. Dr. Ambedkar was appointed as the Chairman of the Drafting Committee. The text prepared by Ambedkar provided constitutional guarantees and protections for a wide range of civil liberties for individual citizens, including freedom of religion, the abolition of untouchability and outlawing all forms of discrimination. Ambedkar argued for extensive economic and social rights for women, and also won the Assembly’s support for introducing a system of reservations of jobs for the member of the SC and ST. Ambedkar has kept the clauses of the Constitution flexible so that amendments could be made as and when situation demanded. Dr. Ambedkar provided an inspiring preamble ensuring justice, social, economic and political, liberty, equality and fraternity. The creation of an egalitarian social order still remains an unfulfilled wishful thinking.

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Dr. Gurnam Chand Dr. Ambedkar: an Architect of the Indian Constitution Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.6, Issue : 2 February 2016

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