Ambedkar And Mahatma Gandhi Essay

1. Introduction
1.1. Literature review
1.2. Objective
1.3. Methodology and chapterisation
1.4. System of citation and footnoting. 2. Mahatma Gandhi
2.1. Birth
2.2. Childhood
2.3. Education
2.3 Gandhi in London
2.4. Gandhi in South Africa

3. Bhim Rao Ambedkar
3.1. Birth
3.2. Childhood
3.3. Education

4. Depressed Classes
4.1. What are the depressed classes?
4.1.1. How the depressed classes born in society?
4.1.2. Problems of depressed classes

5. Movements of Mahatma Gandhi for Depressed Classes
5.1. Champaran movement
5.2. Kheda movement
5.3. Ahemdabad mill strike

6. Ambedkar and his works for depressed classes
6.1.1. Mahar conference
6.1.2. Poona pact

7. Conflict between Gandhi and Ambedkar

8. Conclusion

1. INTRODUCTION
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It is true that Gandhiji himself denounced the practice of untouchability operating in the Hindu society and launched the anti-untouchability campaign for awakening the consciousness of the Hindus to the wrongs inflicted on the Harijan community. He also aroused the Harijans to their rights But Ambedkar was not satisfied with the political approach of Gandhi. Consequently, Ambedkar emerged as a prominent leader of the Harijan community at the time of the Poona Pact in Sept. 1932. He vehemently criticised the way of handling the problems of the Harijans by Gandhi, thus expressing a lack of faith in the path of Truth and Ahimsa. In fact, Gandhi viewed untouchability as a political problem and not as a social probelm. But Ambedkar was afraid that the Gandhian approach in dealing the problem of untouchability was likely to make caste Hindus more powerful and untouchables weaker. Ambedkar,s criticism in this regard resulted into some sort of a personality clash between the two leaders of great stature, the acrimony between Gandhi and Ambedkar over the upliftment of untouchables. In Second Round Table Conference in London in 1931, Ambedkar demand seprate electorates for the depressed classes and Gandhi vehmently opposed The intense feelings of the Dalits against Gandhi was manifested by black flag demonstrations against him on his return to Bombay. This type of conflict occurred between Gandhi and ambedkar which solved when Ambedkar signed the poona