Dr Ambedkar Speech
(II) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar: Life and Times:
Dr. Ambedkar was born on 14th April, 1891 in Mhow, Madhya Pradesh. Born as Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, he belonged to the ‘untouchable’ Mahar caste. His father, Ramji Ambedkar, served in the military. Many from the Mahar community had joined the Bombay army of the East India Company. Bhim’s mother passed away when he was six years old. His father, a follower of Kabir and a strict vegetarian, retired after fourteen years of military service. The Ramji family moved to Konkan and then to Satara. Bhimrao Ambedkar completed his primary schooling in Satara.
Education opened new vistas for young Bhim. However, it came at a cost. Young Ambedkar came across harsh realities of his birth in a lowly caste. In classrooms …show more content…
He fared well in his examinations. He enrolled in Elphinstone High School in Mumbai. In high school he was not allowed to study Sanskrit being an untouchable. In 1907 he passed his matriculation exam with flying colours and later enrolled into Elphinstone College from where he acquired his B.A. in 1912. Thereafter, Maharaja Sayaji Rao Gaekwad provided Ambedkar a scholarship which allowed him to pursue higher studies in New York, America. It was in America that Babasaheb Ambedkar tasted pure freedom. Here he could read, write, sit, stand, eat, sleep, bathe and breathe freely. He wholeheartedly devoted himself to …show more content…
Ambedkar was appointed as the first Law Minister of independent India as well as the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the constitution. His tenure as Law Minister didn’t last long as he clashed with his colleagues on various issues. This happened even with Jawaharlal Nehru on the issue of Hindu Code Bill. Finally Ambedkar resigned from the Nehru cabinet in 1951. Gandhiji recommended Dr. Ambedkar’s name over Ivor Jennings (internationally renowned constitutional expert) for heading the drafting committee. Despite their differences, Gandhi saw in Ambedkar an outstanding legal and constitutional expert. This speaks volumes about Dr. Ambedkar’s fortitude and qualifications. As chairman of the drafting committee, Dr. Ambedkar worked his heart out. Drafting the Indian constitution was a responsible task which required vast subject domain knowledge as well as general knowledge of polity, geography, economics, history and culture of India. It required statesmanship and wisdom. Dr. Ambedkar is regarded by some political scientists such as Gilchrist as the world’s best
Dr. Ambedkar was born on 14th April, 1891 in Mhow, Madhya Pradesh. Born as Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, he belonged to the ‘untouchable’ Mahar caste. His father, Ramji Ambedkar, served in the military. Many from the Mahar community had joined the Bombay army of the East India Company. Bhim’s mother passed away when he was six years old. His father, a follower of Kabir and a strict vegetarian, retired after fourteen years of military service. The Ramji family moved to Konkan and then to Satara. Bhimrao Ambedkar completed his primary schooling in Satara.
Education opened new vistas for young Bhim. However, it came at a cost. Young Ambedkar came across harsh realities of his birth in a lowly caste. In classrooms …show more content…
He fared well in his examinations. He enrolled in Elphinstone High School in Mumbai. In high school he was not allowed to study Sanskrit being an untouchable. In 1907 he passed his matriculation exam with flying colours and later enrolled into Elphinstone College from where he acquired his B.A. in 1912. Thereafter, Maharaja Sayaji Rao Gaekwad provided Ambedkar a scholarship which allowed him to pursue higher studies in New York, America. It was in America that Babasaheb Ambedkar tasted pure freedom. Here he could read, write, sit, stand, eat, sleep, bathe and breathe freely. He wholeheartedly devoted himself to …show more content…
Ambedkar was appointed as the first Law Minister of independent India as well as the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the constitution. His tenure as Law Minister didn’t last long as he clashed with his colleagues on various issues. This happened even with Jawaharlal Nehru on the issue of Hindu Code Bill. Finally Ambedkar resigned from the Nehru cabinet in 1951. Gandhiji recommended Dr. Ambedkar’s name over Ivor Jennings (internationally renowned constitutional expert) for heading the drafting committee. Despite their differences, Gandhi saw in Ambedkar an outstanding legal and constitutional expert. This speaks volumes about Dr. Ambedkar’s fortitude and qualifications. As chairman of the drafting committee, Dr. Ambedkar worked his heart out. Drafting the Indian constitution was a responsible task which required vast subject domain knowledge as well as general knowledge of polity, geography, economics, history and culture of India. It required statesmanship and wisdom. Dr. Ambedkar is regarded by some political scientists such as Gilchrist as the world’s best