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While it is true that India is one of the world's biggest democracies, the country is nevertheless deeply entrenched in its caste system. It has been discovered that a sizable proportion of the population in India is subjected to servitude and extreme misery on a daily basis. Thousands of Dalits in India have been excluded from mainstream society and forced to live in dehumanising conditions due to the country's rigid caste or varna system. Babasaheb Ambedkar is leading a liberation effort to free the Dalits, who have been oppressed for generations. Education, in Dr. Ambedkar's opinion, was the only means by which the oppressed Dalits might be liberated. All over Maharashtra, he established schools and universities for the Dalit population. Hundreds of Dalits, realising the value of education, enrolled their children in schools founded and staffed by Dalits. After graduating from these schools, the first generation of Dalit literates went on to create their own publications and publishing houses. The Dalits' education bolstered their sense of self-worth and inspired them to resist their oppressors.