Leader

Leader

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  B.R. AMBEDKAR Dr B.R.Ambedkar was a popular freedom fighter . Dr B.R. Ambedkar is popularly known as Babasaheb Ambedkar . He was one of the architects of the Indian constitution. Dr B.R. Ambedkar fought to finish the social evils like untouchability and fought for the rights of socially backward classes like the Dalits throughout his life. He was a very well-known political leader, philosopher, freedom fighter, economist, scholar, writer, editor, anthropologist too. Dr B.R. Ambedkar was appointed as India’s first law minister in the cabinet of the first prime minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. In 1990 Dr B.R. Ambedkar was awarded Bharat Ratna ,which is India’s highest civilian honor. He was born in Mhow of Madhya Pradesh. His father was Ramji Makoji Sakpal who was an army officer in the British India army. Dr. B.R.Ambedkar was the fourteenth son of his father. Bhimabai Sakpal was his mother. His family was of Marathi background from the town of Ambawade. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was born as a Dalit and he was treated as an untouchable. He was subjected to regular social and economic discrimination. Although Ambedkar attended school, he and other Dalit students were treated as untouchables. They were separated from another group of students from other caste and were not given attention by the teachers.
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  FACTS ABOUT AMBEDKAR •Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was the 14th and last child of his parents. • Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was the first Indian to get a Doctorate (Ph.D.) degree in Economics from abroad. • Dr. Ambedkar is the only Indian whose statue is attached to Karl Marx in the London Museum. • Nobel Prize winner Prof. Amartya Sen considered Dr. B. R. Ambedkar as his father in economics.
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  ACHIEVEMENTS • Ambedkar playeda key role in the establishment of ‘Reserve Bank of India’ in 1935. • His autobiography ‘Waiting for a Visa’ is used as a text book in the ‘Columbia University.’ • He opposed the whole idea of reservation of jobs and constituencies and didn’t want the reservation system to exist at all. • He strongly opposed ‘Article 370’ of the Indian constitution which gave special status to the state of Jammu & kashmir.
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  AWARDS • In1990, the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award, was posthumously conferred upon Ambedkar. Ambedkar’s legacy includes numerous memorials and depictions in popular culture. • The Dr. Ambedkar National Award or the Dr. Ambedkar National Award for Social Understanding and Upliftment of Weaker Sections. • He was awarded honour of D.Sc. By the London University. On 8 June, 1927, he was awarded a Doctorate by the University of Columbia.
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  INSPIRING WORDS BYAMBEDKAR 1. “They cannot make history who forget history”. 2. “Be Educated, Be Organised and Be Agitated” 3. “I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity” 4. “Life should be great rather than long”. 5. “If I find the constitution being misused, I shall be the first to burn it.” 6. “Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence”.