DR. B.R. AMBEDKAR'S PHILOSOPHY IN RELATION TO GENDER EQUALITY AND ITS RELEVANCE IN THE MODERN INDIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM

In human civilisation, Indian society has been male dominated and females treated as lower class than the males in the society. Among different civilizations of different times, one thing has been common that is females never treated as males in terms of right, dignity and power. Dr B. R Ambedkar was only social reformer in the world who changed the social status of women in India and made them powerful and free in real sense. He set an example of struggle of women liberty, equality and empowerment. He constructed Indian constitution it has solutions of every problem of Indian women. The Indian Constitution provided equal right of liberty, equality and education for women similar to man. His contribution for women equality has been remarkable and incredible among social reformers of all time. He has been first social reformer who broke the slavery system of women in India. This paper analyzes the contribution of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar as a thinker and social reformer in the emancipation of social status of women in the Hindu society. The paper also analyzes the relevance of his ideas in the contemporary feminist discourse on gender equality under Indian social conditions. This paper discloses that Dr.B.R Ambedkar’s contribution towards gender equality is incredible among the social reformers in the world.