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This paper reconstructs B.R. Ambedkar's moral philosophy of gender justice by examining his criticism of Hindu patriarchy, his embrace of Buddhist ethical principles and his vision for legal reform. Ambedkar denounced religious customs that subjugated women and treated such norms as moral violations against human dignity. He turned to rational humanism and Buddhist compassion to frame a moral worldview grounded in equality, liberty and public responsibility. Drawing from core texts--Annihilation of Caste, The Buddha and His Dhamma and the Constituent Assembly Debates--this study uncovers a coherent ethical framework that places gender justice at the center of democratic morality. Ambedkar did not view patriarchy as a sociological byproduct but as a foundational ethical crisis in Indian civilisation. His synthesis of rational autonomy and social compassion offers a transformative moral paradigm that retains urgent relevance in modern feminist and legal discourses.