Why was BR Ambedkar against Manusmriti?

Ambedkar felt that Manu Smriti was a charter of rights for the so-called upper caste Hindus but a Bible of slavery for untouchables….” He gave a call to publically burn copies of the book.

When did Ambedkar burn Manusmriti?

Speaking on the occasion, the KVPS State vice-president N Manohar said Ambedkar burnt Manusmriti in the presence of thousands of people as part of Mahad Satyagraha on December 25 in 1927.

Does RSS support Manusmriti?

Faith of RSS brass in Manusmriti, naturally, leads them to believe in casteism too which gave birth to the debased practice of untouchability. For RSS casteism is the essence of Hindu nationalism.

Why did Ambedkar burn the Manusmriti?

Ambedkar justified the burning of Manusmruti in various articles that he penned after the satyagraha. I n the February 3, 1928 issue of the Bahishkrit Bharat (his own newspaper) he explained the action saying that his reading of the Manusmriti had convinced him that it did not even remotely support the idea of social equality.

What did Dr Ambedkar do to electrify the caste-Hindu society?

Dr Ambedkar gave two electrifying jolts to the 20th century caste-Hindu society . One was leading the mass conversion of his Mahar people to Buddhism in 1956 and the earlier one, in 1927 when he was still Hindu, was the burning of the Manu Smriti.

Who burned the book Manusmruti?

It was on December 25, 1927, in the late evening, at the conference, that the resolution to burn the Manusmruti was moved by Brahmin associate of Ambedkar, Gangadhar Neelkanth Sahastrabuddhe and was seconded by PN Rajabhoj, an untouchable leader. Thereafter, the book Manusmruti was kept on this pyre and burned.

Is Manu Smriti still used in other countries?

Manu Smriti is revered in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Burma. It forms the basis of Thailand’s traditional law Thammasat. Yet these countries never had India-style caste system. How could they read the same book and not come up with Indian caste system?