Explain the following statement with reasons: Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar had determined to work for creating a society based on the principles of “Freedom, Equality and Fraternity.”

Answer: Because Indian society was divided by caste and untouchability, and he believed only these principles could bring social justice.

• Dr. Ambedkar himself suffered the humiliation of untouchability and saw that the caste system denied millions of people dignity and basic rights.
• He felt that political freedom was meaningless without social and economic equality.
• He led the Mahad Chavdar Tale Satyagraha (1927) for the right to use public water and the Kalaram temple entry satyagraha, founded the Bahishkrit Hitakarini Sabha, and gave the message ‘Educate, Unite and Agitate’.
• As Chairman of the Drafting Committee he built liberty, equality, fraternity and justice into the Constitution of India and abolished untouchability (Article 17).