Title Of The Paper Reasons For Delay In Ambedkar's Plan To Conversion

Abstract

During his early years, Ambedkar gained recognition for spearheading the temple entry movement in Nasik, Pune, and Mumbai. However, his movement strategy underwent a sudden shift following the Poona Pact. According to Rodrigues, by 1935, Ambedkar had relinquished his efforts to reform Hinduism. Despite some attempts to embrace Sikhism, Ambedkar postponed the matter of conversion for the subsequent two decades, having failed to realize his initial plan.^[i]

His later writings imply that he did not forget the issue and was immersed in the deep study of Hinduism and the comparative study of religions of the world for two decades.

^[i]   Rodrigues Valerian, ed, The essencial writings of B.R. Ambedkar, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2002, (Hereafter Rodrigues), pp 12-13