To end untouchability and press for implementation of the order by Mahad Municipality allowing the ‘untouchables’ to collect water from Chavdar Tank Ambedkar started ‘The Mahad Satyagrah’.

_{The Municipality has passed order since 1924 to this effect but it could not be implemented. Later Ambedkar won ‘The Mahad Satyagraha’ case in Bombay High Court. The day 20 March is observed as Social Empowerment day every year in India.}