• Dr.VENKATESHA

One man one value was the egalitarian message of Dr. BhīmraoBabasaheb Ramji Ambedkar, a revolutionary who challenged the social order where the contradiction of caste and class enjoyed a prominent role through centuries. Dr. Ambedkar battled to change the existing social order which stood upon caste and class and tried to plant the seed of social justice' by advocating various issues pertaining to plight of caste system and untouchability, human rights, labourers, women rights and above all the Indian politics. Born in the family of mahar in Maharashtra, he had to face all the indignities and discrimination that an untouchable was destined to face. So he arose out of inequalities and humiliation throughout his life and stood for the establishment ofsociety based on the socio-economic and political justice as his whole life itself is a perennial source of saga of social justice. The idea of social justice is built upon the foundation of liberty, equality and fraternity' where every person residing is capable of getting equal opportunities. So this paper basically deals with the principles of Dr. Ambedkar which are necessary to strengthen the arena of social justice. Social justice implies that all benefits and privileges in the society should be shared by all its members. If there is any structural inequalitytowards any particular section, the government should take affirmative action in eliminating such inequalities. In simple terms it is related to the idea of positive liberalism and with the concept of welfare state. It stands for that kind of state whose functions are not limited to law and order but are extended to take care of the people who are not in a position to help themselves. According to Ambedkar, his social justice is based on moral values and self -respect. Justice situates through social, political and economic justices regulated by constitution.

Ambedkar wanted to reorganise the society on equality and rationality, therefore opposed the caste based on social structure which he thought, was characterised by graded inequalities. According to Ambedkar, the Hindu Society, in common was composed of four classes namely, Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishya and Shudhras. These classes became an enclosed unit called caste and brought with it unequal distribution of benefits and privileges. He was a staunch believer that in order to make a society based on equality and fraternity, the caste system must abolish, so being the victim of such discrimination, he decided to give his life to fight battle against this system. Caste implies a system in which status and occupation are hereditary and descend from father to son. With the development of caste, all the requirements of just social order were lost. With the fixation of individuals into castes and sub-caste, their status and occupation were fixed by birth. The individual was not a free human to choose his course of action.

"Dr. B.R.Ambedkar’s Idea Of Social Justice- Some Reflections", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.3, Issue 4, page no.699-703, April-2016, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701C10.pdf

"Dr. B.R.Ambedkar’s Idea Of Social Justice- Some Reflections", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.3, Issue 4, page no. pp699-703, April-2016, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701C10.pdf