User:Callmehelper/NOTES#Ambedkar

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• {{Cite book| title= The Epic Fast|author= Pyarelal| url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.21144/page/n12/mode/1up |year= 1932 |publisher= Mohanlal Manganlal Bhatt, Gandhi Road, Ahmadabad}}
• {{cite journal|first= Ravindra |last = Kumar|title= Gandhi, Ambedkar and the Poona pact, 1932|date = 2007|journal= Journal of South Asian Studies|volume =8|issue =1–2|page=87–101 |doi=10.1080/00856408508723068}}
• {{cite book |last=Birla |first= G. D.|date=1953 |title= In the Shadow of the Mahatma: A Personal Memoir|url= https://books.google.com/books/about/In_the_Shadow_of_the_Mahatma.html?id=g2pVNwAACAAJ|location= |publisher= Orient Longmans|page= |isbn=9788186172858 |url-status= |archive-url= https://archive.org/details/inshadowofmahatm00orie|archive-date=2018-12-12 |access-date=}}

• {{cite book |last= Tarlo|first= Emma|date= 1996|title= Clothing Matters : Dress and Identity in India|url= https://books.google.com/books/about/Clothing_Matters.html?id=ByoTXhXCuyAC|location= |publisher= University of Chicago Press|page= |isbn= 9780226789767|archive-url= https://archive.org/details/clothingmattersd0000tarl|archive-date= 2020-09-15|access-date=}}

• [https://theprint.in/opinion/subhas-chandra-boses-political-ideas-were-always-clear-not-his-constitutional-imagination/812709/ Finding Bose in the Indian Constitution]

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Ambedkar is widely regarded as the chief architect of constitution of India.

{{tq|An academic concensus ?}}

• {{talk quote|B. R. Ambedkar, the chief architect of India's Constitution, was the first to emphasize the emancipatory potential of urbanization..." (p. 341) — {{cite web|title=The Oxford Handbook of Indian Politics (2024)|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=DHoVEQAAQBAJ&lpg=PA341&vq=chief%20architect&pg=PA341#v=snippet&q=Ambedkar%20the%20chief%20architect&f=false}}}}
• {{talk quote|"In a speech presenting the Indian Constitution of which he was the chief architect, Ambedkar states: 'Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the basis of it social democracy." (p. 647) — {{cite web|title=The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Economic Ethics (2024)|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=ZT3rEAAAQBAJ&lpg=PA647&vq=chief%20architect&pg=PA647#v=snippet&q=In%20a%20speech%20presenting%20the%20Indian%20Constitution%20of%20which%20he%20was%20the%20chief%20architect,%20Ambedkar%20states&f=false}}}}
• {{talk quote|"In the ecstasy of being the chief architect of the constitution, he exhorted his followers to discard all other methods and follow the constitutional ones to redress their grievances" (p. 476) — {{cite web|title= The Oxford Handbook of Caste (2023)|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=UlTaEAAAQBAJ&lpg=PA474&vq=In%20the%20ecstasy%20of%20being%20the%20chief%20architect%20of%20the%20constitution&pg=PA474#v=snippet&q=In%20the%20ecstasy%20of%20being%20the%20chief%20architect%20of%20the%20constitution&f=false}}}}
• {{talk quote|It was only after India's independence that such laws were declared null and void through the concerted efforts of Dr B. R. Ambedkar, the chief architect of the constitution of Independent India... —{{cite|title=The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary India (2023)|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Routledge_Handbook_of_Contemporary_India.html?id=nt7bEAAAQBAJ}}}}
• {{talk quote|While he is primarily known as the chief architect of the constitution, Ambedkar was also a prolific author..." (p. 633) — {{cite web|title= The Routledge Handbook of Indian Buddhist Philosophy (2022) |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=oqh2EAAAQBAJ&lpg=PT790&vq=While%20he%20is%20primarily%20known%20as%20the%20chief%20architect%20of%20the%20constitution%2C%20Ambedkar%20was%20also%20a%20prolific%20author&pg=PT790#v=snippet&q=While%20he%20is%20primarily%20known%20as%20the%20chief%20architect%20of%20the%20constitution,%20Ambedkar%20was%20also%20a%20prolific%20author&f=false}}}}
• {{talk quote|Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891-1956), the chief architect of the Indian Constitution... {{cite web|title=The Cambridge Handbook of Natural Law and Human Rights (2022) |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=jGeZEAAAQBAJ&lpg=RA1-PT428&vq=the%20chief%20architect%20of%20the%20Indian%20Constitution&pg=RA1-PT428#v=snippet&q=Akmbedkar,%20he%20chief%20architect%20of%20the%20Indian%20Constitution&f=false}}}}
• {{talk quote|B. R. Ambedkar, the Dalit Indian social reformer who became the chief architect of the Constitution of India..." (р. 46) — {{cite web|title=Handbook of Classical Sociological Theory (2021) - Springer Nature |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=8PBLEAAAQBAJ&lpg=PA46&vq=who%20became%20the%20chief%20architect%20of%20the%20Constitution%20of%20India&pg=PA46#v=snippet&q=who%20became%20the%20chief%20architect%20of%20the%20Constitution%20of%20India&f=false}}}}
• {{talk quote|The chief architect of the Indian Constitution, Dr Ambedkar was deeply influenced..." (p. 2008) — {{cite web|title=Social Studies Education in South and South East Asian Contexts (2021) - Routledge|url= https://books.google.co.in/books?id=gxswEAAAQBAJ&lpg=RA1-PA2008&vq=The%20chief%20architect%20of%20the%20Indian%20Constitution&pg=RA1-PA2008#v=snippet&q=The%20chief%20architect%20of%20the%20Indian%20Constitution&f=false}}}}
• {{talk quote|As law minister (1947–51) and chief architect of India’s constitution (promulgated January 26, 1950), he also played a formative role in the structure of India’s government after its independence. — {{cite web|title=Britannica Encyclopaedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bhimrao-Ramji-Ambedkar}}}}

Main/principal/primary architect

• {{talk quote|Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891-1956) is known by many in India as a primary architect of the Indian Constitution, which in 1950 established the country's legal framework and defining ethos. (Page 670) — {{cite web|title=The Palgrave Handbook of Educational Thinkers (2024) - Springer Nature|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=LJkbEQAAQBAJ&lpg=PA670&vq=primary%20architect%20of%20the%20Indian%20Constitution&pg=PA670#v=snippet&q=primary%20architect%20of%20the%20Indian%20Constitution&f=false}}}}
• {{talk quote|Ambedkar , Bhimrao Ramji , 1891–1956 , Indian, popularly known as Babasaheb , was the principal architect of the Indian constitution,... — {{cite web|title= Routledge Encyclopedia of Modern Asian Educators: 1850–2000 |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=2_kvEAAAQBAJ&lpg=PT285&vq=Ambedkar&pg=PA1#v=snippet&q=principal%20architect%20Ambedkar&f=false}}}}
• {{talk quote|Echoing the vision of the person described as the constitution's (1950) main architect, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, affirmative action became the focal policy to com-pensate for what constitutional article 15 describes as the "disabling" effect of low social status. (Page 196) — {{cite web|title=The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Economy (2012) |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=ORmTvmhFzosC&lpg=PA196&vq=main%20architect&pg=PA196#v=snippet&q=main%20architect&f=false}}}}

Reputable Legal scholar

• {{talk quote|page 282; The untouchable political leader, B. R. Ambedkar is widely regarded having been as the chief architect of constitution of India {{cite web|title =The History and Growth of Judicial Review, Volume 1, Oxford University Press, 2021|url= https://books.google.co.in/books?id=hBYoEAAAQBAJ&lpg=PA282&vq=Chief%20architect&pg=PA282#v=snippet&q=B.%20R.%20Ambedkar%20is%20widely%20regarded%20having%20been%20as%20the%20chief%20architect&f=false}} by Steven Calabresi }}
• {{talk quote|Page 199; For instance, when a motion was introduced in the Constituent Assembly to constitute India into a 'federation of states' on the pattern of the American federation, B. R. Ambedkar, the chief architect of the Indian Constitution, challenged the suitability of such a model for the country, arguing that... — {{cite web| title= "Constitutional Asymmetry in Multinational Federalism (Springer, 2019) by Patricia Popelier"| url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=l7SIDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA199&vq=B.%20R.%20Ambedkar%2C%20the%20chief%20architect%20of%20the%20Indian%20Constitution&pg=PA199#v=snippet&q=B.%20R.%20Ambedkar,%20the%20chief%20architect%20of%20the%20Indian%20Constitution&f=false}}}}
• {{talk quote|Page 101: As the chief architect of the Indian Constitution, Dr BR Ambedkar, himself a Dalit, put it: 'How can I... — {{Cite web|title= Discrimination Law by Sandra Fredman, Oxford University Press, 2023|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=r0WeEAAAQBAJ&lpg=PA101&vq=As%20the%20chief%20architect%20of%20the%20Indian&pg=PA101#v=snippet&q=As%20the%20chief%20architect%20of%20the%20Indian&f=false}}}}
• {{talk quote|page 69; The chief architect of India’s Constitution, B. R. Ambedkar, strongly criticized a proposal to make the opinion of the Chief Justice of India, in the matter of appointing judges, binding on the executive, calling this a ‘dangerous proposition’ — {{cite web|title="The Informal Constitution (Oxford University Press, 2020) by Abhinav Chandrachud"|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=UqkPEAAAQBAJ&lpg=PT49&vq=chief%20architect&pg=PT49#v=snippet&q=The%20chief%20architect%20of%20India%E2%80%99s%20Constitution,%20B.%20R.%20Ambedkar,%20strongly&f=false}}}}

Highly Reputable but not legal scholars

• {{talk quote|page 64: The most significant seat held was that of Dr B. R. Ambedkar, who went on to become the chief architect of the Constitution... — {{cite web|title=Minority Rights in Asia (2008), by Joshua Castellino and E. Domínguez Redondo , Oxford University Press, 2006 |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Minority_Rights_in_Asia.html?id=eliaAAAAMAAJ}}}}
• {{talk quote|page 146: B. R. Ambedkar, deemed the chief architect of the Constitution of India, was aware of and highly sensitive to caste and sex discrimination within the country. — {{cite web|title= Rethinking Indian Jurisprudence: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Aakash Singh Rathore and Garima Goswamy ( Taylor & Francis, 2018)| url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Rethinking_Indian_Jurisprudence.html?id=9ClKDwAAQBAJ}}}}
• {{talk quote|page 110: Many credit him as the father of the Constitution, hailing him as the modern Manu who gave India a new and democratic regime. Some of these go further to argue that any changes in the Constitution would be an affront to Ambedkar. (... ) Perhaps the most intelligent and balanced view is that of Nehru’s biographer Michael Brecher, who described Ambedkar as the chief architect, or more correctly, the field general of the campaign for a new Constitution. — {{cite web|title="Ambedkar: Towards an Enlightened India (2017 , Penguin UK)"|url=https://archive.org/details/ambedkar-towards-an-enlightened-india}} by Gail Omvedt}}
• {{talk quote|page xi : Ambedkar, the revered champion of India's Dalits and chief architect of the country's 1950 Constitution... — {{cite web|title=The Humble Cosmopolitan: Rights, Diversity, and Trans-state Democracy, Oxford University Press, 2021 by Luis Cabrera |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=ssHADwAAQBAJ&lpg=PR11&vq=chief%20architect&pg=PR11#v=snippet&q=and%20chief%20architect&f=false}}}}
• {{talk quote|page 04: This scenario unfolded in India after independence. Democracy was immediately captured by the dominant classes. Bhimrao Ambedkar, the chief architect of the Indian Constitution, in his capacity as the chairman of the Drafting Committee, highlighted this contradiction in a famous speech to the Constituent Assembly in 1949, a relevant portion of which has been cited as an epigraph to this introduction. - {{cite web|title= India's Silent Revolution - (Columbia University Press, 2003)|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/India_s_Silent_Revolution.html?id=qJZp5tDuY-gC }} by Christophe Jaffrelot}}