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Babasaheb Dr. BR Ambedkar . Babasaheb Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (14th April 1891 - 6th December 1956) BLANK Grammar of Anarchy We must hold fast to constitutional methods of achieving our social and economic objectives. It means that we must abandon the method of civil disobedience, non-co-operation and satyagraha. When there was no way left for constitutional methods for achieving economic and social objectives, there was some justification for unconstitutional methods for achieving economic and social objectives. But where constitutional methods are open there can be no justification for these unconstitutional methods. These methods are nothing but the Grammar of Anarchy and the sooner they are abandoned the better for us. —Dr. B. R. Ambedkar in the Constituent Assembly on 25th November 1949 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR WRITINGS AND SPEECHES Vol. 6 Compiled by Vasant Moon Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar : Writings and Speeches Vol. 6 First Edition by Education Department, Govt. of Maharashtra : 10 October, 1989 Re-printed by Dr. Ambedkar Foundation : January, 2014 ISBN (Set) : 978-93-5109-064-9 Courtesy : Monogram used on the Cover page is taken from Babasaheb Dr. Ambedkar’s Letterhead. © Secretary Education Department Government of Maharashtra Price : One Set of 1 to 17 Volumes (20 Books) : Rs. 3000/- Publisher: Dr. Ambedkar Foundation Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India 15, Janpath, New Delhi - 110 001 Phone : 011-23357625, 23320571, 23320589 Fax : 011-23320582 Website : www.ambedkarfoundation.nic.in The Education Department Government of Maharashtra, Bombay-400032 for Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Source Material Publication Committee Printer M/s. Tan Prints India Pvt. Ltd., N. H. 10, Village-Rohad, Distt. Jhajjar, Haryana Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment & Chairperson, Dr. Ambedkar Foundation Kumari Selja MESSAGE Babasaheb Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, the Chief Architect of Indian Constitution was a scholar par excellence, a philosopher, a visionary, an emancipator and a true nationalist. He led a number of social movements to secure human rights to the oppressed and depressed sections of the society. He stands as a symbol of struggle for social justice. The Government of Maharashtra has done a highly commendable work of publication of volumes of unpublished works of Dr. Ambedkar, which have brought out his ideology and philosophy before the Nation and the world. In pursuance of the recommendations of the Centenary Celebrations Committee of Dr. Ambedkar, constituted under the chairmanship of the then Prime Minister of India, the Dr. Ambedkar Foundation (DAF) was set up for implementation of different schemes, projects and activities for furthering the ideology and message of Dr. Ambedkar among the masses in India as well as abroad. The DAF took up the work of translation and publication of the Collected Works of Babasaheb Dr. B.R. Ambedkar published by the Government of Maharashtra in English and Marathi into Hindi and other regional languages. I am extremely thankful to the Government of Maharashtra’s consent for bringing out the works of Dr. Ambedkar in English also by the Dr. Ambedkar Foundation. Dr. Ambedkar’s writings are as relevant today as were at the time when these were penned. He firmly believed that our political democracy must stand on the base of social democracy which means a way of life which recognizes liberty, equality and fraternity as the principles of life. He emphasized on measuring the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved. According to him if we want to maintain democracy not merely in form, but also in fact, we must hold fast to constitutional methods of achieving our social and economic objectives. He advocated that in our political, social and economic life, we must have the principle of one man, one vote, one value. There is a great deal that we can learn from Dr. Ambedkar’s ideology and philosophy which would be beneficial to our Nation building endeavor. I am glad that the DAF is taking steps to spread Dr. Ambedkar’s ideology and philosophy to an even wider readership. I would be grateful for any suggestions on publication of works of Babasaheb Dr. Ambedkar. (Kumari Selja) Collected Works of Babasaheb Dr. Ambedkar (CWBA) Editorial Board Kumari Selja Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India and Chairperson, Dr. Ambedkar Foundation Shri Manikrao Hodlya Gavit Minister of State for Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India Shri P. Balram Naik Minister of State for Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India Shri Sudhir Bhargav Secretary Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India Shri Sanjeev Kumar Joint Secretary Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India and Member Secretary, Dr. Ambedkar Foundation Shri Viney Kumar Paul Director Dr. Ambedkar Foundation Shri Kumar Anupam Manager (Co-ordination) - CWBA Shri Jagdish Prasad ‘Bharti’ Manager (Marketing) - CWBA Shri Sudhir Hilsayan Editor, Dr. Ambedkar Foundation Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Source Material Publication Committee, Maharashtra State EDITORIAL BOARD 1SHRI KAMALKISHOR KADAM ……PRESIDENT MINISTER FOR EDUCATION 2PROF. JAVED KHAN ……VICE-PRESIDENT EDUCATION MINISTER FOR STATE 3SHRI R. S. GAVAI ……VICE-PRESIDENT 4SHRI DADASAHEB RUPAVATE ……EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT 5SHRI B. C. KAMBLE ……MEMBER 6DR. P. T. BORALE ……MEMBER 7SHRI GHANSHYAM TALVATKAR ……MEMBER 8SHANKARRAO KHARAT ……MEMBER 9SHRIMATI SHANTABAI DANI ……MEMBER 10 SHRI WAMAN NIMBALKAR ……MEMBER 11 SHRI PRAKASH AMBEDKAR ……MEMBER 12 SHRI R. R. BHOLE ……MEMBER 13 SHRI S. S. REGE ……MEMBER 14 DR. BHALCHANDRA PHADKE ……MEMBER 15 SHRI DAYA PAWAR ……MEMBER 16 SHRI LAXMAN MANE ……MEMBER 17 PROF. N. D. PATH ……MEMBER 18 PROF. MORESHWAR VANMALI ……MEMBER 19 PROF. JANARDAN WAGHMARE ……MEMBER 20 BARRISTER P. G. PATIL ……MEMBER 21 DR. M. P. MANGUDKAR ……MEMBER 22 PROF. G. P. PRADHAN ……MEMBER 23 SHRI B. M. AMBHAIKAR ……MEMBER 24 SHRI N. M. KAMBLE ……MEMBER 25 PROF. J. C. CHANDURKAR ……MEMBER 26 SECRETARY, EDUCATION …MEMBER DEPARTMENT 27 DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION ……MEMBER- SECRETARY 28 SHRI V. W. MOON, O.S.D. … … MEMBER ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Her Majesty’s Government, U.K.; Columbia University, New York, U.S.A.; London School of Economics and political Science U.K.; Reserve Bank of India Library, Bombay ; Legislative Council Library, Bombay; Bombay University Library ; Dr. Ambedkar Research Institute, Nagpur; Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune ; Siddharth College Library, Bombay. PREFATORY In presenting the 6th volume of the writings and speeches of late Dr. B. R. alias Babasaheb Ambedkar, the State Government has the satisfaction of fulfilling its promise and commitment though not in a full measure but substantially. The volume contains reprints of (1) Problem of the Rupee, (2) Evolution of Provincial Finance in British India and it also contains a unique document which is almost a graphic socio-economic balance-sheet of the British rule in India viz. his dissertation on the administration and finance of the East India Company. It is, as readers will judge for themselves, an outstanding achievement for a young man of 24 years that was Dr. Ambedkar in 1915 Apart from these writings, the volume also contains occasional essays, reviews and other miscellaneous reflections on socio-economic topics of the day. In all these writings, Dr. Ambedkar emerges as a profound thinker with strong awareness of his immediate environment. He could see the Indian society of his time in contact with the liberal influences of Western education and like other eminent Indians of the day, he recognised the need for synthesis and assimilation of Western critical outlook with the emerging social ethos of democracy and the welfare state. The objectivity and criticality of outlook of Dr. Ambedkar may be summed up in the words of Edwin R. A. Seligman of Columbia University, New York. Writes Seligman : “The value of Mr. Ambedkar’s contribution to this discussion lies in the objective recitation of the facts and the impartial analysis of the interesting development that has taken place in his native country.” Dr. Ambedkar’s exposition of the Problem of the Rupee evoked appreciation of Edwin Cannan, the eminent economist, who frankly acknowledges the gifts of objectivity which Dr. Ambedkar displayed. He writes, “I do not share Mr. Ambedkar’s hostility to the system nor accept most of his arguments against it and its (viii) DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES advocates. But he hits some nails very squarely on the head.” Indeed, it is needless to quote words of appreciation of Englishmen who were impressed by the critical faculties of analysis of Dr. Ambedkar. The life of Dr. Ambedkar was spent in the service of the Indian society to the restructuring of which he gave unremittingly all his intellectual and moral gifts which Providence granted him in a generous measure. He dreamt of India in which every citizen would be Indian first and Indian last. While expressing himself on the Constitution of the Government of Bombay Presidency before the Indian Statutory Commission, he said, “For, I am of opinion that the most vital need of the day is to create amongst the mass of the people the sense of a common nationality, the feeling not that they are Indians first and Hindus, Mohamedans or Sindhis and Canarese afterwards but they are Indians first and Indians last. If that be the ideal, then it follows that nothing should be done which will harden local patriotism and group consciousness.” Progress of mankind is the progress of ideas and march of ideals. Law itself embodies ideal. For Dr. Ambedkar, the ideal was equality, liberty and fraternity. The present generation has much to be indebted to this great son of India. (Sharad Pawar) Chief Minister of Maharashtra INTRODUCTION This is the 6th volume of the writings and speeches of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar consisting of the reprints of his works viz. (1) The Evolution of Provincial Finance in British India ; (2) The Problem of the Rupee and his unpublished dissertation on ‘ Administration and Finance of the East India Company’ submitted to the Columbia University, U.S.A.
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