B. R. Ambedkar Road
Road
Name: B.R. Ambedkar Road named after
Road Location: Vidhan Soudha
Famous
for/ Contributions to society:
Summary:
He was also known as Babasaheb, an Indian nationalist,
jurist, Dalit political leader and a Buddhist revivalist. He was also the chief
architect of the Indian Constitution.
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.
Detailed
Description:
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was born in the British-founded town
and military cantonment of Mhow in the Central Provinces (now in Madhya
Pradesh).He was the 14th and last child of Ramji Maloji Sakpal and Bhimabai
Murbadkar. His family was of Marathi background from the town of Ambavade in
the Ratnagiri district of modern-day Maharashtra. They belonged to the Hindu
Mahar caste, who were treated as untouchables and subjected to intense
socio-economic discrimination.
In 1907, he passed his matriculation examination and
entered the University of Bombay, becoming one of the first persons of
untouchable origin to enter a college in India. Successfully completed his
Ph.D. from Columbia University, U.S.A in June 1927. He was awarded a D.Sc. by
the University of London, and on finishing his law studies, he was
simultaneously admitted to the British Bar as a barrister. On his way back to
India, Ambedkar spent three months in Germany, where he conducted further
studies in economics at the University of Bonn.[1]
In his early career he was
an economist, professor, and lawyer. His later life was marked by his political activities;
he became involved in campaigning and negotiations for India's independence,
publishing journals advocating political rights and social freedom for Dalits,
and contributing significantly to the establishment of the state of India. In
1956 he converted to Buddhism, initiating mass conversions of Dalits. He also supported
the rights of women and labour.[2]
On August 29, Ambedkar was appointed chairman of the
Constitution Drafting Committee, charged by the Assembly to write free India's
new Constitution.He was Independent India's
first law minister and the principal architect of the Constitution of India.
In 1990, the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, was posthumously
conferred upon Ambedkar.
Books written by B R Ambedkar
· The
Buddha and his Dhamma
· Annihilation
of caste
· Who
were the Shudras
· Pakistan
or Partition Of India
· Thoughts
On Pakistan
· Ideas
Of a Nation
· The
Untouchables
· What
Congress and Gandhi have done to the Untouchables
· Buddha
or Karl Marx
· The
Philosophy of Hinduism
Contributed by: Aditya Shrivallabh Desai
References:
[1] anckarnataka.page.tl/Breif-History-Of-Dr-.-B-.-R-Ambedkar-.-.htm
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