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In Annihilation of Caste, Ambedkar claims that the only lasting way a true casteless society could be achieved is through destroying the belief of the sanctity of the Shastras and denying their authority. [149] Ambedkar was critical of Hindu religious texts and epics and wrote a work titled Riddles in Hinduism during 1954–1955. The work was ...
The Ambedkar family is the family of B. R. Ambedkar (14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956) who was an Indian polymath and the chairman of the Constituent Drafting Committee. The patriarch Ambedkar is popularly known as Babasaheb ( Marathi : endearment for "father", in India).
Mahar is one of the Indian caste found largely in the state of Maharashtra and neighbouring areas. [11] [12] Most of the Mahar community followed B. R. Ambedkar in converting to Buddhism in the middle of the 20th century. [13] [14] As of 2017 the Mahar caste was designated as a Scheduled Caste in 16 Indian states.
Ambedkar views that definitions of castes given by Émile Senart [5] John Nesfield, H. H. Risley and Dr Ketkar as incomplete or incorrect by itself and all have missed the central point in the mechanism of the caste system. Senart's "idea of pollution" is a characteristic of caste in so far as caste has a religious flavour.
B.R. Ambedkar was a social reformer, jurist, and the chief architect of India's Constitution, widely regarded as one of the most prominent anti-caste voices in modern Indian history. He fought relentlessly for the eradication of the caste system.
Nanak Chand Rattu (1922–2002) was the personal assistant of B. R. Ambedkar, India's first Minister of Law.Like Ambedkar, Rattu was born in a Dalit family that was considered untouchable in the traditional caste-based society.
A 1908 photo of a bride and bridegroom of the sudra caste in a horse-drawn vehicle. [67] Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar, a social reformer, believed that there were initially only three varnas: the Brahmin, Kshatriya and Vaishya, and that the Shudras were the Kshatriyas who were denied the Upanayana, an initiation ritual, by the Brahmins. [68]
In the essay, Ambedkar criticised the Hindu religion, its caste system and its religious texts which are male dominant and spreading hatred and suppression of female interests. [2] Ambedkar's central argument revolves around the detrimental impact of caste on ethics, morality, and public spirit within Hindu society.