Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar is considered a hero by millions of India’s oppressed OBCs (Other Backward Castes or ‘lowered castes’) and Dalits. He was India’s 20th century crusader against the caste system. He was a statesman‚ national leader‚ and the chief architect of the Indian Constitution. Dr. Ambedkar’s thoughts and writings still have significant influence on the masses of Indians working to free themselves from Brahmanism (the caste system‚ as validated by the religion called
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ruchianoop@yahoo.co.in Bhimrao Ramjee Ambedkar (14th April 1891 to December 7‚ 1956)‚ was a great jurist‚ lawyer‚ and political leader of modern India. Dr. B.R.Ambedkar was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee‚ that was constituted by the constituent Assembly to draft the constitution of Independent India. He was the first Law Minister of India. Ambedkar was born in the Mahar caste‚ an ‘untouchable’ community of Maharashtra‚ and had experienced
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Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was born on 14th April‚ 1891. He was born in Central India as the fourteenth child to parents who belonged to the very lowest caste of Hindu society who are known as the dalits or untouchables. In 1908‚ Ambedkar passed the Matriculation exam from Bombay University. After graduating from Elfinstone College‚ Bombay in 1912‚ he joined Columbia University where he was awarded Ph.D for a thesis which he published in book form as “The Evolution of Provincial Finance in British
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Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar Alternate name: Baba Saheb Date of birth: April 14‚ 1891 Place of birth: Mhow‚ Central Provinces‚ India Date of death: December 6‚ 1956 Place of death: Delhi‚ India Movement: Dalit Buddhist movement Major organizations: Independent Labour Party‚ Scheduled Castes Federation‚ Republican Party of India Religion: Buddhism Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Marathi:डॊ.भीमराव रामजी आंबेडकर) (April 14‚ 1891 — December 6‚ 1956)‚ also known as Babasaheb‚ was an Indian nationalist
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Ambedkar on Buddhism 14 October 1956 holds a special significance for the Dalit community in India. On that day‚ Bhim Rao Ambedkar‚ by all accounts the most influential Dalit intellectual of the 20th century publicly renounced Hinduism and converted to Buddhism. He told it was his “rebirth” in his speech over there. Actually Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was born in 14th April 1891. He was born in lowly Mahar Caste in the western state of Maharashtra. The caste Mahara was untouchables according to the varn
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Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar ([bʱiːmraːw raːmdʑiː aːmbeːɽkər]; 14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956)‚ popularly also known as Babasaheb‚ was an Indian jurist‚ political leader‚ philosopher‚ anthropologist‚ historian‚ orator‚ economist‚ teacher‚ editor‚ prolific writer‚ revolutionary and a revivalist for Buddhism in India. He was also the chief architect of the Indian Constitution. Born into a poor Mahar (considered an Untouchable caste) family‚ Ambedkar campaigned against social discrimination‚ the system
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(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
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Dr. Ambedkar: A Social Reformer Through the Magnifier of Antonio Gramsci SAVITA V. DEOGIRKAR Lecturer in English‚ Adarsha Mahavidyalaya‚ Dhamangaon (Rly) Distt: Amravati (M.S.) Abstract A Champion of Human Rights‚ Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar was a multi dimensional personality. He was a great thinker‚ a philosopher‚ a true revolutionist‚ a prolific writer and at the top a devoted reformer. If studied and analyzed his noble saga to fight against Castes’ and
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Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Buddhism News Flash Other Social Reformers Culture and Civilization Research Resources Debate and Discussions In the United Nations Worldwide Dalits Matrimonial Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was a veritable phenomenon of the 20th century. There may scarcely be a parallel indeed in the annals of human history to the saga of struggle that his life represented. Born in the family of ‘untouchables’‚ he could nonetheless scale the highest peak of scholarship
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Dr. Ambedkar - A Social Reformer Dr. Bheem Rao Ramji Ambavadekar popularly known as Babasaheb was born on 14th April 1891 in a poor Mahar family. His teachers at school were impressed and added a surname to him. as Ambedkar. He hailed from a poor family belonging to one of the Hindu untouchable communities in India. His father was Ramji. Dr. Ambedkar was the 14th son of his father. Ambedkar was a brilliant child. After leaving school Ambedkar studied F.A.‚ at the Elphinstone Collage‚ Mumbai
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