Dr. B.R. AMBEDKAR was the pioneer in the field of Welfare of Indian Labour-the working Class and their social security. He was so sincere and serious in this cause that he even fought against the Viceroys of India. Dispatches of two Viceroys, Lord Wavell and Lord Linlithgo, to England bear testimony to his relentless struggle to get through the labour legislations even during the days of the second great world war. The ‘LABOUR CHARTER’ propounded by Dr. Ambedkar in the Viceroy's Executive Council on 2nd September, 1945 later on became the basis. and guiding principle of the labour welfare schemes in this country.

            This book is an attempt to highlight his endeavours towards labour welfare and their social security. We are grateful to Mr. D. K. Baisantry for doing this job meticulously.

Dr. Ambedkar in one of his speeches has said:

            “There were two enemies of the working classes in the country and they were Brahminism and Capitalism. By Brahminism. I do not mean the power, privileges and interests of the Brahmins as a community. That is not the sense in which I am using the word. By Brahminism I mean the negation of the spirit of liberty, equality and fraternity. In that sense it is rampant in all classes and is not confined to Brahmins alone though they have been its orginators. The effects of Brahminism were not confined only to social rights such as interdining and inter-marrying. It denied them also rights. So omniscient is Brahminism that it even affects the field of economic opportunities