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Ideas of great men change the course of the development of a nation. Their ideas lay the foundation on which the edifice of whole system of governance is erected. India has produced many a social and political thinker and philosopher in the course of her long and chequred history. Among the galaxy of thinkers and philosophers of India, Bharat Ratna Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar occupies undoubtedly the most important place. Baba Saheb Ambedkar was one of the most illustrious sons of India. His varied contributions as a scholar, educationist, journalist, authority on comparative religion and, as a great social reformer and a champion of human rights for the downtrodden masses in India are widely recognized. His personal bitter experience, progressive and liberal western education, extensive reading and research, wide mass contacts provided him the required perspective, theoretical frame, the depth and dimension for understanding and analyzing any problem, be it social, political or economic. This research article is an attempt to analyse the views of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar on Democracy and to study its refection in Indian Constitution and judicial decisions.