mbedkar was not a purely speculative and idealistic political philosopher, in the conventional sens Significance of Major Discoveries  e, like Plato and A Significance of Major Discoveries  ristotle. Nevertheless, he developed his own social and political ideals, which were deeply rooted in real human problems and issues, and vital human affairs. His socio-political philosophy attempted to bridge the gulf between theory and practice, materialism and spiritualism. Out of his sense of dejection with the inhuman treatment meted out to his commun Significance of Major Discoveries  ity by the caste Hindus, his mission for the total emancipation of the servile classes from the clutches of the p Significance of Major Discoveries  rivileged caste Hindus, his total engagement with the predicament of Indian society, evolved Ambedkar’s political ideology. The book aims to juxtapose Ambedkar’s socio-political philosophy and its impact on Indian society and polity with reference to man and s Significance of Major Discoveries  ociety, state and government, nation and nationalism, democracy, socialism, security, social justice, education and emancipation of the downtrodden. However, other aspects of Ambedkar’s political philosophy and his charismatic personality are also incidentally covered. For Ambedkar, social and political theories a Significance of Major Discoveries  re the basic need of freedom for the downtrodden people, as it would create a powerful community and nation building. Ambedkar said that social equality was a force which promises equal opportunity to all. Ambedkar’s opinion is equality in society as equality is the foundation stone where the notions of liberty and fraternity develop. He remarked that equality is the original notion and respect for human personality is a reflection of it. If equality is denied, everything else may be t Significance of Major Discoveries  aken to be denied. (Jatava, 1965.77) Ambedkar also recognised the fact that the lofty ideals expressed in th Significance of Major Discoveries  e Constitution would remain as they were, given the nature of contradictions inherent in society. Absence of equality on the social and economic plane is a cause of contradictions. This has resulted in a society based on the principle of graded inequality on the social plane which means elevation for some and degradation for others. On the economic plane there are some in society who have immense wealth as against many who live in abject poverty. To deny equality in social and economic life would Significance of Major Discoveries   be putting political democracy in peril. If the contradictions are not removed, those who suffer from inequality will blow Significance of Major Discoveries   u Significance of Major Discoveries  p the structure of political democracy which Constituent Assembly has laboriously built up.>