Ambedkar and Indian Constitution (Record no. 358489)
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| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20250615125059.0 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9789388162289 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 954.035 KIR |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Kiran, Usha |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Ambedkar and Indian Constitution |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | New Delhi |
| Name of publisher | Writers World |
| Year of publication | 2018 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 232 p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Upon India’s independence on 15 August 1947, the new Congress-led government invited Ambedkar to serve as the nation’s first Law Minister, which he accepted. On 29 August, he was appointed Chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee, and was appointed by the Assembly to write India’s new Constitution. Granville Austin described the Indian Constitution drafted by Ambedkar as ‘first and foremost a social document’. ‘The majority of India’s constitutional provisions are either directly arrived at furthering the aim of social revolution or attempt to foster this revolution by establishing conditions necessary for its achievement.’ The text prepared by Ambedkar provided constitutional guarantees and protections for a wide range of civil liberties for individual citizens, including freedom of religion, the abolition of untouchability, and the outlawing of all forms of discrimination. Ambedkar argued for extensive economic and social rights for women, and won the Assembly’s support for introducing a system of reservations of jobs in the civil services, schools and colleges for members of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes and Other Backward Class, a system akin to affirmative action. This is an invaluable ready-reference resource of India‘s Constitution for lawyers and the judiciary, political commentators and media professionals, legislators and bureaucrats, scholars and students, and also informed and active civil society. |
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| Topical Term | Ambedkar's Contribution in Making of Indian Constitution |
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| Lost status | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type | Public Note |
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| Gandhi Smriti Library | Gandhi Smriti Library | 2025-06-15 | 1495.00 | 954.035 KIR | 178570 | Books | 1495.00 |