Abstract:
The present research is an educational study on Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. Dr. Ambedkar was as
says Apa B. Pant: "a true revolutionary but not within the framework of any accepted routine
theories of social revolution. He was a fundamentalist. He saw the decaying and decadent
structure of Indian society. He saw and worked for its transformation through the accepted
political, social, administrative and reformist channels. But when he saw that the structure was so
impervious to any ordinary efforts, he went up for a basic transformation and change, he went to
the heart of the problem, the human kind and converted the struggle to an altogether different
dimension. He was thus courageous enough to give a clarion call to the people who suffered for
thousands of years to get out of this pattern of caste, and ritual, superstition and fear of the Indian
society." (Ahir, D. C; 1992:57) One can address Dr. Ambedkar as a Social Activist as he
activated the conscience of his fellow Dalit brethren to the atrocities meted out to them by the
high caste Hindus and the rights and freedoms that was beyond their reach, though they were
citizens of a democratic country. He also tried to conscientise the general society to the problems
he and his people had to undergo, thus alienating them from the mainstream of the society. Dr.
Babasaheb is also called an educational thinker, because of his contributions to education. Dr. K.
S. Chalam, an educationist and scholar in his article.
