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The foreword highlights Maharashtra's rich history of influential figures in social reform, nationalism, and philosophy, including Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, who fought against the caste system and contributed to the Indian Constitution. The Government of Maharashtra aims to compile and publish the writings and speeches of Dr. Ambedkar to preserve his thoughts and inspire future generations. This publication is a result of efforts by an Advisory Committee and an Editorial Board dedicated to this cause.

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BR Ambedkar History

The foreword highlights Maharashtra's rich history of influential figures in social reform, nationalism, and philosophy, including Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, who fought against the caste system and contributed to the Indian Constitution. The Government of Maharashtra aims to compile and publish the writings and speeches of Dr. Ambedkar to preserve his thoughts and inspire future generations. This publication is a result of efforts by an Advisory Committee and an Editorial Board dedicated to this cause.

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FOREWORD

Maharashtra is a land of saints and sages, philosophers and political


savants, social thinkers, social reformers and leaders of national
eminence, who have not only moulded and enriched all facets of
life of Maharashtra but have also made singular contribution to the
growth and development of India.
Maharashtra, an ancient land in the Deccan, has witnessed the
flowering, growth and spread of the Buddhist thought and culture
and Sanskrit Scholarship. We have saints like Namdeo, Eknath,
Chokhamela, Sawata Maharaj, Gora, Dnyaneshwar, Sena and others.
We also see the rise of Indian Nationalism in the form of Shivaji
the Great. In Mahatma Phuley, a contemporary of Karl Marx, we
have the ‘patria protestas of the Indian social revolution and the
first leader of the peasants. Lokmanya Tilak has been accredited as
the Father of Indian unrest, Ranade as the Father of Indian socioeconomic thought,
Gokhale as the thinker whom no less a person
than Mahatma Gandhi acclaimed as his political Guru and Savarkar
as an ardent revolutionary. In Shahu Chhatrapati, we had a unique
king who was a relentless fighter for social equality. Maharshi Shinde
was a great social reformer who combined revolutionary fervour with
a liberal attitude. Thus, there has been a galaxy of great men in
different fields in Maharashtra. It may not be too much to say that
there was a time in pre-independent India when Maharashtra had
virtually become the centre of all activities, whether social, economic
or political. The period from Phuley to Ambedkar can, therefore, be
aptly described as the dawn of social revolution in the history not
only of Maharashtra but of the country as a whole.
VIII FOREWORD
In Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, we have not only a crusader against
the caste system, a valiant fighter for the cause of the downtrodden
in India but also an elder statesman and national leader whose
contribution in the form of the Constitution of India will be cherished
forever by posterity. In fact his fight for human rights and as an
emancipator of all those enslaved in the world gave him international
recognition as a liberator of humanity from injustice, social and
economic. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru paid a glowing tribute to
Dr. Ambedkar while moving a condolence resolution in the Parliament
as follows:
“Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was a symbol of revolt against all oppressive features
of the Hindu Society.”
There is, therefore, a vital need to preserve the thoughts of this great
son of India as expressed by him in his writings and speeches. While
some efforts are being made in that direction by some institutions
and research scholars, there is an urgent need to bring together all
the material available and publish it in a series of volumes.
The Government of Maharashtra has, under its various schemes,
so far published the works of Mahatma Phuley, Mahatma Gandhi
and saints such as Tukaram, Dnyaneshwar, Namdeo, Eknath and
others. The Government had set up an Advisory Committee in 1976,
with the Education Minister as the Chairman and comprising political
followers of Dr. Ambedkar, scholars and noted writers, to compile the
thoughts and writings of Dr. Ambedkar and have them published.
The Committee set up the following Editorial Board :
(1) Prof. M. B. Chitnis, Chairman
(2) Prof. Anant Kanekar
(3) Dr. P. T. Borale
(4) Dr. Vinayakrao E. Moray
(5) Shri S. P. Bhagwat
(6) Shri G. M. Bomblay, Director, Stale Institute of Education,
Pune
(7) Shri Vasant Moon, Officer on Special Duty
The Government of Maharashtra desires to bring a series of
volumes comprising all the available writings and speeches of
FOREWORD IX
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. The present publication is the result of
sustained work done by the Advisory Committee and particularly
by the Editorial Board. I thank all the members of the Editorial
Board, Mrs. Savita w/o Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, Mrs. Meerabai
Yeshwant Ambedkar and Shri Prakash Ambedkar, for their willing
co-operation. I am particularly glad that this long awaited commitment
is being fulfilled. I sincerely hope that people in general and the
youth in particular, in Maharashtra and all over the country, will
derive inspiration and guidance from the thoughts of Dr. Babasaheb
Ambedkar and come forward to contribute their mite for the social
reconstruction of the country.
(SHARAD PAWAR)
Chief Minister
Maharashtra State

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