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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ultimately a successful revolutionary leader who ended the rule of Britain over India. Gandhi also successfully ended the laws allowing for untouchability‚ but he was not successful at ending the discrimination against former untouchables. In India‚ people of the untouchable caste were badly mistreated‚ because of their low status on the caste system. The caste system was formed by the Aryans‚ invaders who conquered native Indians living there 2‚000 years ago. They divided the population into castes
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Sudras--laborers” (“Untouchable“). The ranks of Hindu caste system come from a legend where the main varnas were made from a primordial being‚ and each varna in turn contains hundreds of castes and subcastes that can vary in size from a handful to many thousands (“What Is the Caste System?”). These castes were not made with the intention of having any hierarchy‚ but instead to allow specialization and made it so each member knew their role in society much like a medieval guild system. Untouchables came later
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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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the chief architect of the Indian Constitution. Born into a poor Mahar (considered an Untouchable caste) family‚ Ambedkar campaigned against social discrimination‚ the system of Chaturvarna – the categorisation of Hindu society into four varnas – and the Hindu caste system. He converted to Buddhism and is also credited with providing a spark for the transformation of hundreds of thousands of Dalits or untouchables toTheravada Buddhism. Ambedkar was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna‚ India ’s highest
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could provide preschool for all three- and four-year-olds. This program would help millions of children and cost a fraction of the war expenses. Why not designate a portion of the military expenditures to reconstructing the South Bronx schools that Kozol claimed were mold-laden? First graders‚ who now occupy classrooms with four age groups‚ would be better able to concentrate on
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of the learning experience. Some schools may be funded differently because of their location and previous history on academics. Here in America‚ many schools are different from those from other countries. Authors such as Eleanor J. Bader‚ Jonathan Kozol‚ and Anu Partanen address issues about students and
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like the Indian caste system is. <br> <br> Another group in India’s caste system are the untouchables. The untouchables are the people that have been thrown out of their caste because of something that they did that was wrong. The children of these people were also untouchables. The Indian constitution has abolished the system of untouchables. It is against the law to discriminate against the untouchables. Their constitution does not abolish the caste system. They cannot abolish the caste system
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Born into a poor Untouchable family‚ Ambedkar spent his whole life fighting against social discrimination‚ the system of Chaturvarna - the Hindu categorization of human society into four varnas - and the Indian caste system. He is also credited with having sparked the Dalit Buddhist movement. Ambedkar has been honoured with the Bharat Ratna‚ India’s highest civilian award. Overcoming numerous social and financial obstacles‚ Ambedkar became one of the first "untouchables" to obtain a
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nationwide poll held by History TV and CNN-IBN.[3][4] Born into a poor Mahar (considered an Untouchable caste) family‚ Ambedkar campaigned against social discrimination‚ the system of Chaturvarna – the categorization of Hindu society into four varnas – and the Hindu caste system. He converted to Buddhism and is also credited with providing a spark for the transformation of hundreds of thousands of Dalits or untouchables to Theravada Buddhism. Ambedkar was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna‚ India’s highest
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