


Pradhan, a CKP lawyer who had helped Ambedkar in preparing his submissions to the Simon Commission. The formation of the Samaj Samata Sangh was announced in August 1927 by B.V.

He also came in contact with ‘Periyar’ E.V. During this time, Ambedkar worked closely with the Non-Brahmin movement in Maharashtra, many of who remained lifelong allied. On the occasion of the publication of Ashok Gopal’s A Part Apart: The Life and Thought of BR Ambedkar, on Babasaheb’s birth anniversary, 14 April, here’s an exclusive extract from the chapter on Ambedkar’s political activities and negotiations before he got into the thick of the things with the Round Table Conferences and his clash with Gandhi.
