Dr. Ambedkar's Contribution to Fundamental Rights and Federalism Enshrined in Constitution of India

Every year on 14th April, India observes the birth anniversary of Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar remembered for his role as Chairman of Drafting Committee of India's Constituent Assembly. Apart from that he is also remembered for his struggle for justice to the depressed classes, untouchables of the Indian society who were not considered fit to be touched, forget other human rights and claims of equality. He aroused the conscience of the masses and mobilized the depressed classes and brought upon a new dawn for them through his extraordinary compilation of fundamental rights, special provisions for the Schedule Castes and Scheduled Tribes incorporated in the Constitution of India. The draft Constitution prepared by him provided for fundamental rights such as equality before law, of equal opportunities, against exploitation etc, the concepts which were much ahead of that time in the whole world and to a large extent were adopted by the Constituent Assembly. His ideas of governance of the country and the division of power between Union government and the government in the states have been successful for a large and diverse country like India