Tata Institute of Social Sciences,
School of Rural Development,
Tuljapur, District Osmanabad, Maharashtra
Submitted To: Prof. Mr. Shridhar Modugu
Submitted By:
Mr. Nehal Ranjan
Roll no. 26
BASS I year
Subject: -History
Annihilation of caste - Dr B R Ambedkar Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was born in 1891 into an ‘untouchable’ family. He was one of the most radical thinkers of India. He transformed the social, economic and political landscape in the struggle against British colonialism. The Annihilation of caste by Dr. B R Ambedkar is an undelivered speech written in the year 1936, which truly had the power to exterminate the caste system. He also fought against the country’s concept of caste system and untouchability. In 1936, a Hindu reformist group Jat-Pat-Todak Mandal invited Dr B R Ambedkar to deliver its annual lecture, on the ill effects of caste system in Hindu society. However, when they read the copy of the speech the group …show more content…
Ambedkar to deliver a speech on the caste system which prevailed in India during that period. So, Ambedkar prepared an speech titled annihilation of caste .But some of the views were not supported by Jat-Pat Todak Mandal , to which he replied that ‘he would not change a comma’. The speech thus remained undelivered. He showed how lower class people deprived of education, freedom of occupation and was subjected to labour and slavery. They were also deprived of drinking water from public wells and were ill treated on each point and were suppressed based on caste and had to live in very adverse