Ambedkarism is called as the teaching, ideology or philosophy of

B.R. Ambedkar Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956) was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and political leader who headed the committee drafting the Constitution of India from the Constituent Assembly debates, served ...

, an Indian econonist, polymath, barrister, social reformer, human-rights advocate, and the architect of

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. Ambedkarism includes the principles of

Navayana Navayana (Devanagari: नवयान, IAST: ''Navayāna'') means "new vehicle" and refers to the re-interpretation of Buddhism by Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar; it is also called Neo-Buddhism and Ambedkarite Buddhism. Ambedkar was a polymath, theol ...

and liberty, equality and fraternity along with democratic socialism and constitutionalism. An Ambedkarite is one who follows the

philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...

of Ambedkar.

Social philosophy

According to B. R. Ambedkar "Society is always composed of Classes". Their foundations could be different. A person in a society is always a member of a class, whether it is economic, intellectual, or social. This is a universal truth, and early

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could not have been an exception to this rule, and we know it wasn't. So, which class was the first to transform into a caste, because class and caste are, in a sense, next-door neighbours, separated only by a chasm. "A caste is a closed social group." He was a critic of both Hindu and Muslim and writes - ''In a “communal malaise”, both groups Hindus and Muslims, ignore the urgent claims of social justice''. His book Thoughts on Pakistan, contains critic of Muslim too and in his books - '' Riddles in Hinduism'', Philosophy of Hinduism,

Annihilation of Caste ''Annihilation of Caste'' is an undelivered speech written in 1936 by B. R. Ambedkar, an Indian academic turned politician. He wrote ''Annihilation of Caste'' for the 1936 meeting of a group of liberal Hindu caste-reformers in Lahore. After revi ...

, Castes in India, Who Were the Shudras?, The Decline and Fall of Buddhism in India and Against the Madness of Manu he directly criticises the caste-ridden Hindu society. Untouchables were forced to not wear good clothes but for Ambedkar, the suit was a strategy for political resistance, an assertion of power, a means to break the caste barrier in a society that is caste ridden. Ambedkar proposed

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for the untouchables to send their own representatives in assembly but it was opposed by Gandhi and resulted in his defeat after the

Poona Pact The Poona Pact was an agreement between Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar on behalf of Dalits, depressed classes, and upper caste Hindu leaders on the reservation of electoral seats for the depressed classes in the legislature of British ...

but later he advocated for the establishment of Settlement Commission that would provide separate villages for the Scheduled Castes.

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* {{cite book , last1=Omvedt , first1=Gail , title=Buddhism in India: Challenging Brahmanism and Caste , date=18 August 2003 , publisher=SAGE Publications , isbn=978-0-7619-9664-4 , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rSF8b5hbyP0C , language=en B. R. Ambedkar

Social philosophy

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