Indian Constitution the Vision of B. R. Ambedkar

Abstract

The inception of the Indian Constitution in 1950 was a significant event not only in the political history of India but also in the history of ‘social justice’ and ‘human rights’. At the same time, it has opened up new avenues of human welfare and development in the Indian subcontinent by providing equal rights and privileges to the citizens at large. The Constitution of independent India was meant more than a mere legal manuscript that likely to structure the norms of governing as well as define the functions of various key institutions and political actors for the whole society in general and underprivileged sections in particular. The latter were exploited in multiple ways over the centuries owing to the dominant social order of Hindu society, and perhaps this is why, they had a lot of expectations from the newly adopted legal document. The primary aim of the paper is to examine the fact that to what extent the Indian Constitution comprises the vision of B. R. Ambedkar and more specifically, to explore the ways in which the social and political philosophy of B.R.Ambedkar have influenced the development of constitution-making in India.