Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar and the Making of Modern India Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
Syllabus for Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar and the Making of Modern India
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Module 1: Social and Historical Conditions before Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
- a Caste and Untouchability in India: Impact on Nation-Building
- b Anti-Caste Movements in Modern India: Mahatma Jyotirao Phule to Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj (Up to 1920)
- c Dr B. R. Ambedkar: Early Life, Education, and Intellectual Formation
Module 2: Dr. B. R. Ambedkar and the Making of an Egalitarian Nation
- a Dr. B. R. Ambedkar and the Role of Journalism in Social Awakening: Mooknayak, Samata, Janata, and Prabuddha Bharat
- b Movements for Equality: Access to water (Mahad), temple entry (Nashik), and conversion of religion (Nagpur)
- c Towards an Inclusive Nation: Gender, Labour and the Indian Constitution
Text Books
- 1 Keer, Dhananjay, Dr Ambedkar: Life and Mission, Popular Prakashan, Bombay; 1954;
- 2 Jaffrelot, Christophe, Dr Ambedkar and Untouchability: Analysing and Fighting Caste, Permanent Black, 2005.
- 3 Omvedt, Gail, Ambedkar: Towards an Enlightened India, Penguin, 2004.
- 4 Rathore, Aakash Singh, Becoming Babasaheb: The Life and Times of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, Vol. I, Harper Collins, 2023.
Reference Books
- Ambedkar, B. R., The Annihilation of Caste, Navayana/Orient Blackswan editions.
- Ambedkar, B. R., The Buddha and His Dhamma (Government of India / Popular editions, 1957).
- Ambedkar, B. R., Caste in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development, (1916).
- Ambedkar, B. R., Waiting for a Visa: Autobiographical Notes, (manuscript 1935–36; published posthumously by People’s Education Society / Gov. of Maharashtra editions, 1990s).
- Ambedkar, B. R., Writings and Speeches of Dr Babasaheb B.R. Ambedkar, Vols. 1–40 (selected); Government of Maharashtra / Dr Ambedkar Writings Project (collected edition), various vols. (1979– ). Austin, Granville, The Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation, Oxford University Press, 1966) Rodrigues, Valerian (ed.), The Essential Writings of B. R. Ambedkar. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2004. Teltumbde, Anand , Mahad: The Making of the First Dalit Revolt. Delhi: Aakar Books, 2016. Yengde, Suraj & Anand Teltumbde (eds.), The Radical in Ambedkar: Critical Reflections. New Delhi: Penguin Random House India, 2018. Zelliot, Eleanor, From Untouchable to Dalit: Essays on the Ambedkar Movement, Manohar, New Delhi, 1992. Changdeo Bhana Khairmode. Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar: Charitra (Vols. I–XII). Mumbai: Government of Maharashtra. J. V. Pawar. Dalitancha Ladhat Itihas (The Struggle History of Dalits). Mumbai: Granthali, 1988. Arun Kamble (ed.). Lekhs in Janata. Mumbai: Vinimay Publication, 2022. (Collected writings from Janata, an Ambedkarite weekly.)