Happy Birthday Babasaheb!
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Today, India commemorates the birthday of Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar also popularly known as Babasaheb Ambedkar.
What’s the history of Dr Ambedkar?
- Ambedkar was born on 14 April 1891.
- His family was not rich and belonged to a ‘backward’ or low caste called Dalits (once called untouchables).
- At school, he was discriminated against.
- Students from lower castes were not allowed to even use the common public drinking water.
- However, he was a hardworking and determined person.
- He went on to become the only one in his family to go to high school.
- Ambedkar became a brilliant scholar, studying at prestigious institutions such as Columbia University (US) and the London School of Economics.
Ambedkar in a 1966 stamp of India
Babasaheb – The architect and father of the Indian Constitution
- After he finished studying, Babasaheb started practising law.
- He also started movements against discrimination on the basis of caste, such as opening up public drinking water for everyone.
- He led several protests and movements to change the Indian caste system.
- On India’s independence, he became the Law and Justice Minister of India.
- He also became the Chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee.
- Ambedkar studied the constitutions of 60 different countries.
- In India’s new constitution, he provided protections and rights to the poor, lower castes and women.
- This constitution was adopted on 26 January 1950.
Babasaheb died on 6 December 1956. However, his words and life still stand as a shining example and continue to inspire millions of people in India.
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Watch a video of his original interview with the BBC in 1953.
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