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B. R. Ambedkar
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and politician who chaired the committee that drafted the Constitution of India based on the debates of the Constituent Assembly of India and the first draft of Sir Benegal Narsing Rau. Ambedkar served as Law and Justice minister in the first cabinet of Jawaharlal Nehru. He later renounced Hinduism and converted to Buddhism, i…
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culture · Indian jurist, economist, politician and social reformer (1891–1956) · economist · politician · constitutionalist · barrister · jurist · sociologist · anthropologist · pedagogue · writer · philosopher · also B. R. Ambedkar, Bhimrao Ambedkar, Babasaheb Ambedkar, Babasaheb, Ambedkar, Bhimrao R. Ambedkar
Born 14 April 1891 · Died 6 December 1956 · Q231690
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Ambedkar did not have any understanding about Marxism as he had not read a single work by Marx, Engels or Lenin. Therefore the very question whether Ambedkar agreed or disagreed, in real sense of the terms, with Marxism or not is a non-question. The truth is that he did not have any understanding of Marxism.
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2026· 28 entries
News On AIR: UP Government Releases ₹403 Crore for Development of 4,030 Ambedkar Statue Sites
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DT Next: Ambedkar portrait row resurfaces; VCK councillors walk out
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Free Press Journal: UP Govt 0₹403 Crore To Develop 4,030 Ambedkar Statue Sites Across 403 Constituencies
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The Times of India: Ambedkar statue desecrated in Jalaun village
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EdexLive: Gujarat museum traces Dr Ambedkar’s life through 3D, VR experiences
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zoomtventertainment.com: Student Innovators Showcase Entrepreneurial Potential at Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University During UPRise 2026 Event
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singraulimirror.in: Gujarat: New museum traces Dr Ambedkar’s life through 3D, virtual experiences|News
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EdexLive: Ambedkar National Foundation unveils museum, e-library in Ahmedabad
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Asianet Newsable: Gujarat: Harsh Sanghavi opens Dr Ambedkar Museum, E-Library in Ranip
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The Indian Express: ‘Admirer of Ambedkar’: Karnataka BJP leader Pratap Simha denies anti-Dalit remarks
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TheWire.in: 151 Ambedkar Statues Vandalised in UP Under Adityanath Rule, Claims Akhilesh Yadav
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India Today: Akhilesh Yadav claims 151 Ambedkar statues vandalised in UP during BJP's rule
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The Times of India: 151 Ambedkar statues desecrated in UP under BJP govt: Akhilesh
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thehawk.in: Babasaheb Ambedkar Memorial
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Free Press Journal: Those Who Stole Reservation Are Lecturing Us Today; Those Who Insulted Ambedkar Are Now Talking About
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ThePrint: 151 Ambedkar statues vandalised in UP under BJP govt, only 14 arrests so far: Akhilesh
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Deccan Herald: More than 150 Ambedkar statues vandalised in UP under BJP govt, only 14 arrests so far: Akhilesh Yadav
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The Indian Express: Gujarat confidential: Ambedkar and a Vadodara Link
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India Today: Akhilesh Yadav alleges 151 Ambedkar statues vandalised in Uttar Pradesh
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The New Indian Express: Akhilesh vows to cut BJP's vote by 27,000 per seat, alleges inaction over Ambedkar statue attacks
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Daily Excelsior: Will cut 27,000 BJP votes in every seat in 2027: Akhilesh Yadav targets BJP over Ambedkar statue vandalism, agrarian distress
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Hindudayashankar: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Studies Centre & Vishnu IAS Academy Conduct Mock Test for competitive exam aspirants
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The Siasat Daily: Tension in Telangana over ‘defamatory’ book on Ambedkar; writer held
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“May I mention the R.S.S. and the Akali Dal? Some of them are very dangerous associations. It may be that one Government may recognize them and another Government may not recognize them, all these possibilities are there.”
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“Ambedkar did not have any understanding about Marxism as he had not read a single work by Marx, Engels or Lenin. Therefore the very question whether Ambedkar agreed or disagreed, in real sense of the terms, with Marxism or not is a non-question. The truth is that he did not have any understanding of Marxism.”
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“a Central Government for the whole of India could not be said to possess knowledge and experience of all various conditions prevailing in different Provinces under it. It, therefore, necessarily becomes an authority less competent to deal with matters of provincial administration than the Provisional Governments.”
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The Hindu: Book on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s ideology launched on his 135th birth anniversary at VSU
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2025· 6 entries
The Hindu: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar statues will be installed in all Gurukul schools to inspire students, says Social Welfare Minister
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FACTLY rated the claim “A photo of K.B.Hedgewar alongside Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, riding a motorcycle.” FALSE.
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Mid Day: Dr B R Ambedkar's advocacy resonates far beyond borders of India: Ramdas Athawale tells UN
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Indiatimes: PM Narendra Modi slams Congress on B R Ambedkar: ‘Humiliated when alive, tried to erase legacy after death’
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Mint: INSPIRING QUOTES BY B R AMBEDKAR
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The Indian Express: DR B R AMBEDKAR NEWS
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2024· 2 entries
BOOM Fact Check rated the claim “Video shows Arvind Kejriwal saying that Dr BR Ambedkar was drunk while drafting the Indian constitution” False.
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Lighthouse Journalism rated the claim “Fact check: Viral audio clip does not feature rare voice clip of Dr BR Ambedkar” False.
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2023· 6 entries
The Quint rated the claim “The world's largest library has been opened in the name of Dr BR Ambedkar in the United States.” False.
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FACTLY rated the claim “The USA opened the world’s largest library in the name of Dr B.R. Ambedkar” FALSE.
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FACTLY rated the claim “Dr. B.R Ambedkar has no role to play in drafting the constitution for him to be called the architect of the Indian constitution” MISLEADING.
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Telugu Post rated the claim “Only B.R. Ambedkar and former Indian President K.R. Narayanan had passed the “world’s toughest exam” called Doctor of Science, from India.” False.
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FACTLY rated the claim “B.R. Ambedkar and K.R. Narayanan are the sole individuals from India who have successfully passed the world’s toughest exam known as Doctor of Science” MISLEADING.
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BOOM Fact Check rated the claim “Image shows Dr BR Ambedkar's Portrait at office for Vladimir Putin, President of Russia” False.
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2022· 5 entries
Alt News rated the claim “Who took care of Ambedkar as a child? A Brahmin / Who took care of Ambedkar's education? A Brahmin / Who gave his surname Ambedkar? A Brahmin / Who funded Ambedkar's foreign education? A Hindu nationalist king Raja Sayajirao Gaekwad / Whom do Ambedkarites abuse? Hindus (esp. Brahmins)” Misleading.
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Alt News rated the claim “Who took care of Ambedkar as a child? A Brahmin / Who took care of Ambedkar's education? A Brahmin / Who gave his surname Ambedkar? A Brahmin / Who funded Ambedkar's foreign education? A Hindu nationalist king Raja Sayajirao Gaekwad / Whom do Ambedkarites abuse? Hindus (esp. Brahmins)” Mostly False.
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The Quint rated the claim “Dr BR Ambedkar said that reservations should end if a tribal woman became the President of India.” False.
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Published “Metal oxide nanomaterial-based sensors for monitoring environmental NO <sub>2</sub> and its impact on the plant ecosystem: a review” in Sensors & Diagnostics — cited 84 times.
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Published “Metal oxide nanomaterial-based sensors for monitoring environmental NO <sub>2</sub> and its impact on the plant ecosystem: a review” in Sensors & Diagnostics — cited 83 times.
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2021· 3 entries
The Quint rated the claim “Dr Ambedkar got the chance to write the Constitution due to the Bengali Muslim vote.” False.
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Published “Nanostructured metal oxide semiconductor-based sensors for greenhouse gas detection: progress and challenges” in Royal Society Open Science — cited 133 times.
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Published “Nanostructured metal oxide semiconductor-based sensors for greenhouse gas detection: progress and challenges” in Royal Society Open Science — cited 134 times.
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2020· 4 entries
Alt News rated the claim “Image of a city bus operating in Columbia, USA with a poster of Babasaheb Ambedkar and his wife” False.
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FACTLY rated the claim “Photo of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar with his wife displayed on a bus in the US” FALSE.
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Published “Structural, optical and thermoelectric properties of Al-doped ZnO thin films prepared by spray pyrolysis” in Surfaces and Interfaces — cited 70 times.
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Published “Structural, optical and thermoelectric properties of Al-doped ZnO thin films prepared by spray pyrolysis” in Surfaces and Interfaces — cited 72 times.
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2019· 1 entry
The Quint rated the claim “Dr BR Ambedkar was against Article 370.” FALSE.
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2018· 1 entry
Moneycontrol: B R Ambedkar
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2016· 3 entries
Published “Experimental investigation on rice husk ash as cement replacement on concrete production” in Construction and Building Materials — cited 185 times.
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Published “Experimental investigation on rice husk ash as cement replacement on concrete production” in Construction and Building Materials — cited 187 times.
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But the construction of the statue began in 2021
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2012· 1 entry
Asia Society: Makers of Modern India: B.R. Ambedkar
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2011· 1 entry
Published “Ultrasonic coal-wash for de-sulfurization” in Ultrasonics Sonochemistry — cited 71 times.
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2009· 1 entry
Published “Nailing versus plating in humerus shaft fractures: A prospective comparative study” in International Orthopaedics — cited 93 times.
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2008· 1 entry
“The history of India is a history of mortal conflict between Buddhism and Brahmanism.”
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2003· 2 entries
“States and Minorities, vol. 1. Quoted in Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, a Study in Just Society (2003) by James Massey, p. 72.”
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And his son Yashwant Ambedkar (known as Bhaiyasaheb Ambedkar), who died in 1977
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1993· 2 entries
“B. R. Ambedkar quoted from Indigenous Indians, Elst K. , 1993:390”
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“D. Keer, Ambedkar, p. 453-5. quoted in Indigenous Indians, Elst K. , 1993:391”
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1990· 2 entries
“Debido a su papel en la elaboración de la constitución india, también se le conoce como el padre de la constitución india, se dirigió a los ciudadanos de la india, mientras recibe el premio 'Bharat Ratna'. (1990)”
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The Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, was posthumously conferred on Ambedkar
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1987· 5 entries
“The Decline and Fall of Buddhism", in Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar: Writings and Speeches, Vol. III (1987), Government of Maharashtra, p. 238”
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“The Decline and Fall of Buddhism", in Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar: Writings and Speeches, Vol. III (1987), Government of Maharashtra, p. 229”
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“The Decline and Fall of Buddhism", in Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar: Writings and Speeches, Vol. III (1987), Government of Maharashtra, p. 229-388”
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“in D. Keer, Ambedkar, p. 453-5. Dhananjay Keer: Ambedkar, (Dr. Ambedkar, Life and Mission. Popular Prakashan, Bombay 1987 (1962).) and quoted in Indigenous Indians, Elst K. , 1993:391”
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“in D. Keer, Ambedkar, p. 453-5. Dhananjay Keer: Ambedkar, (Dr. Ambedkar, Life and Mission. Popular Prakashan, Bombay 1987 (1962).) and in Indigenous Indians, Elst K. , 1993:391”
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1986· 2 entries
“B.R. Ambedkar, Writings and Speeches (Bombay: Education Department, Government of Maharashtra, 1986-1990), Vol. 7, p.85 and 302-303 quoted in Koenraad Elst’s Indigenous Indians — Agastya to Ambedkar (New Delhi: Voice of India, 1993), p.410- 411. and quoted in quoted in Danino, M. (2009). A BRIEF NOTE ON THE ARYAN INVASION THEORY. PRAGATI| April-June 2009”
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“Castes in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development, reproduced in his Writings and Speeches, Gvt. of Maharashtra, 1986, vol. 1, p. 21, with reference to S. V. Ketkar: History of Caste in India, Low Price Publ., Delhi 1990 (1909), p. 82.”
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1979· 1 entry
“The Annihilation of Caste, in Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings and Speeches, Education Dpt., Government of Maharashtra 1979, vol. 1, p. 48-9. Quoted in Dalits and the Democratic Revolution (1994) by Gail Omvedt, p. 245.”
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1956· 27 entries
Died 1956-12-06.
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“I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.”
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Converted to Buddhism, initiating mass conversions of Dalits
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Completed his final work, The Buddha and His Dhamma, and requested Jawaharlal Nehru to help him promote the book through government funding
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There was not a single road or a monument in his name
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“If the depressed classes join Islam or Christianity, they not only go out of the Hindu religion, but they also go out of the Hindu culture…What the consequences of conversion will do to the country as a whole is well worth bearing in mind. Conversion to Islam or Christianity will denationalize the depressed classes.”
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“The application of the Hindu Code to Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains was a historical development, and it would be too late, sociologically, to object to it. When the Buddha differed from the Vedic Brahmins, he did so only in matters of creed, but left the Hindu legal framework intact. He did not propound a separate law for his followers. The same was the case with Mahavir and the ten Sikh Gurus”
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“I was born a Hindu but will not die one.”
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“Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self.”
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“I will choose only the least harmful way for the country. And that is the greatest benefit I am conferring on the country by embracing Buddhism; for Buddhism is a part and parcel of Bhâratîya culture. I have taken care that my conversion will not harm the tradition of the culture and history of this land.”
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“[W]hat should be the policy of the State, how the Society should be organised in its social and economic side are matters which must be decided by the people themselves according to time and circumstances. It cannot be laid down in the Constitution itself because that is destroying democracy altogether.”
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“So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.”
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“Not only this, but the Hindus have no sense of bortherhood towards you. You are treated by them worse than foreigners. If one looks at the relations of the neighbouring Hindus and the Untouchables of the village, no one can say that they are brothers. They can rather be called two opposite armies in warring camps.”
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“There is no place for an individual in Hindu society. The Hindu religion is constituted on the class concept. The Hindu religion does not teach as to how an individual should behave with another individual.”
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“You must not only discard the Shastras, you must deny their authority, as did Buddha and Nanak. You must have courage to tell the Hindus that what is wrong with them is their religion—the religion which has produced in them this notion of the sacredness of Caste. Will you show that courage?”
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“Caste is not just a division of labour, it is a division of labourers.”
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“Why I like Buddhism and how it is useful to the world in its present circumstances", BBC (May 1956). As quoted in "Why Dr. Ambedkar renounced Hinduism?”
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“La vida debe ser grandiosa en lugar de larga.”
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“On Christianity in Essays on Untouchables and Untouchability: Religious.”
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“The Communists say that there are the only two means of establishing communism. The first is violence. Nothing short of it will suffice to break up the existing system. The other is dictatorship of the proletariat. Nothing short of it will suffice to continue the new system.”
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“On Communism, Thoughts of Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar, p. 107”
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“On Gandhi, in Letters of Ambedkar, p. 205.”
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“Every progress has its bill of costs and only those who pay for it will have that progress.”
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“Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar in the Bombay Legislature”
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“I prefer Buddhism because it gives three principles in combination, which no other religion does. Buddhism teaches prajna (understanding as against superstition and supernaturalism), karuna (love), and samara (equality). This is what man wants for a good and happy life. Neither god nor soul can save society.”
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“Religion must mainly be a matter of principles only. It cannot be a matter of rules. The moment it degenerates into rules, it ceases to be a religion, as it kills responsibility which is an essence of the true religious act.”
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“Radical Equality: Ambedkar, Gandhi, and the Risk of Democracy”
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1955· 1 entry
Founded the Bharatiya Bauddha Mahasabha, or the Buddhist Society of India
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1954· 2 entries
Due to medication side-effects and poor eyesight
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Ambedkar was critical of Hindu religious texts and epics and wrote a work titled Riddles in Hinduism during 1954–1955.
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1953· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of Osmania University (1953).
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During a parliament session and said "People always keep on saying to me "Oh you are the maker of the constitution"
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1952· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctorate from Columbia University (1952).
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Career landmark: member of Rajya Sabha (1952–1956).
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1950· 1 entry
By Jawaharlal Nehru and leaders of India's anti-colonial nationalist movement who held sway in the Constituent Assembly of India to an purposive approach by which the court rules today, whereby it is the final arbiter of
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1949· 2 entries
“Dr B.R. Ambedkar’s concluding speech at the Constituent Assembly of India, 25 November 1949. Quoted in Malhotra, R., Nīlakantan, A. (2011). Breaking India: Western interventions in Dravidian and Dalit faultlines”
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“The credit that is given to me does not really belong to me. It belongs partly to Sir B.N. Rau the Constitutional Advisor to the Constituent Assembly who prepared a rough draft of the Constitution for the consideration of the Drafting Committee.”
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1947· 5 entries
Career landmark: member of the Negotiating Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India (1947–1950).
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Career landmark: member of the Steering Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India (1947–1950).
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Career landmark: member of the Committee on Subjects Assigned to the Union Centre (1947–1950).
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Career landmark: Member of the Advisory Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India (1947–1950).
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Career landmark: Minister of Law and Justice of India (1947–1951).
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1946· 2 entries
Career landmark: Member of the Constituent Assembly of India (1946–1950).
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Career landmark: chairperson (1946–1950).
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1942· 1 entry
Career landmark: minister of labor (1942–1946).
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1938· 1 entry
“It is absolutely impossible for me to keep relations with the communists. I am an implacable enemy of the Communists.”
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1937· 4 entries
Career landmark: member (1937–1942).
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Career landmark: leader of the opposition (1937–1942).
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Career landmark: Leader of the Opposition (1937–1942).
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Ambedkar tabled a bill in the Bombay Legislative Assembly aimed at abolishing the khoti system by creating a direct relationship between government and farmers
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1936· 1 entry
Ambedkar founded the Independent Labour Party, which contested the 1937 Bombay election to the Central Legislative Assembly for the 13 reserved and 4 general seats, and secured 11 and 3 seats respectively
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1935· 4 entries
Ambedkar was appointed principal of the Government Law College, Bombay, a position he held for two years
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Ambedkar's first wife Ramabai died in 1935 after prolonged illness.
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Ambedkar said in 1935 that he was born a Hindu but would not die a Hindu.
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That he was born a Hindu but would not die a Hindu
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1932· 1 entry
The British colonial government announced the formation of a separate electorate for "Depressed Classes" in the Communal Award
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1930· 1 entry
Ambedkar launched the Kalaram Temple movement after three months of preparation
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1927· 1 entry
And 1923, respectively, and was among a handful of Indian students to have done so at either institution in the 1920s
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1926· 2 entries
Successfully defended three non-Brahmin leaders who had accused the Brahmin community of ruining India and were then subsequently sued for libel
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Career landmark: member (1926–1937).
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1920· 2 entries
Began the publication of the weekly Mooknayak (Leader of the Silent) in Mumbai with the help of Shahu of Kolhapur, that is, Shahu IV (1874–1922)
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With support from Shahu of Kolhapur, and completed his master of science degree at the LSE in June 1921 with a thesis on "Provincial decentralization of imperial finance in India"
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1918· 1 entry
Became professor of political economy in the Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics in Mumbai
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1916· 1 entry
Completed his second master's thesis, National Dividend of India – A Historic and Analytical Study, for a second M
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1913· 1 entry
At the age of 22, Ambedkar was awarded a Baroda State Scholarship of £11
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1912· 1 entry
Ramabai gave birth to their first child, Yashwant Ambedkar, at the age of 14
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1907· 1 entry
Passed his matriculation examination and in the following year he entered Elphinstone College, which was affiliated to the University of Bombay, becoming, according to him, the first from his Mahar caste to do so
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1906· 1 entry
When he was about 15 years old, he married a nine-year-old girl, Ramabai
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1897· 1 entry
Ambedkar's family moved to Mumbai where Ambedkar became the only untouchable enrolled at Elphinstone High School
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1894· 1 entry
And the family moved to Satara two years later
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1891· 1 entry
Born 1891-04-14.
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