Economist and political leader
Birth:
Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was born on 14 April, 1891 in Mhow in the Central Provinces which is now called as Madhya Pradesh. His parents were Ramji Maloji Sakpal and Bhimabai Murbadkar Sakpal. Her wife name was Ramabai Ambedkar. She passed away by 1935. He got remarried to Dr. Sharada Kabir on 1948.
Early life:
Dr.B.R.Ambedkar was born in Dalit Mahar family from the western India. He was very much humiliated by the fellow students of high caste. Since his father was a military officer, Gaekwar of Baroda offered him a scholarship. After finishing his education from foreign countries, Gaekwar requested him to join the government. So he did. But there also he faced a lot of discrimination because of the caste. Because of this he soon become the leader of Dalit.
Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Education:
Dr.B.R.Ambedkar finished his schooling in 1908 on the standard of Matriculation from Elphinstone High School. After that he graduated from Economics and Political Science in 1912from Bombay University. He got his Master’s degree from Columbia University in 1915 from Newyork city. In 1920, he received his D.Sc from the London University in England. In 1927, he got his doctorate from University of Bonn, Germany in Economics. On June 8, 1927 he also received doctorate from University of Columbia.
Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Political career:
In June 1917, he was appointed as a military secretary at Geakwads. But he had quit his job within short span of time. So in 1918, he began to teach political economy in Sydenham College. At this place too he faced a lot of discrimination. At that time he showed interest in politics. And the Southborough Committee invited him to testify some things as they are preparing Government of India Act 1919. He used that hearing to ask separate electorate and reservations for untouchables.
Dr.B.R.Ambedkar political journey:
On 1920 he began to release a magazine called weekly Mooknayak with the help of Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj, who is a Maharaja of Kolhapur. The Maharaja is one of the social reformers. He acts as a pioneer in opening lot of schools and giving equal education to all castes. Dr.B.R.Ambedkar continued to fight for untouchable’s justice in the following years with a designation as a practicing lawyer and as a social reformer. From 1927 he encouraged and formed active movements to raise voice aging untouchablity.
Fought for untouchablity:
He fought for the right of the Dalit people to get water from the main water tank. Also have the right to enter the Hindu temple. On 1925, he was appointed in the Simon commission to the Bombay Presidency Committee. He also performed a Satyagraha to draw water from the well of the main water tank.
In 1932, Dr.B.R.Ambedkar was invited to attend the second round table conference. But Gandhi ji doesn’t encourage that since that idea would split the nation. In 1932, the British announced communal award of a separate electorate. But Gandhi ji protested fasting locked down in the jail of Poona.
So an agreement was signed with Gandhi ji ended his fasting. In return a number of seats were reserved for the depressed class. In 1935, he worked in a law college of Bombay for two years. At that time he lost his wife. On that year on October he along with his followers converted from Hinduism to Buddhism.
In 1936, he announced his own party called Independent Labor party. He served as a Minister of labor and for the defense advisory committee. On August 15, 1947, he was appointed as Union Law Minister and Chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee.
One who framed the constitution of India:
On August 29, 1947, Dr.B.R.Ambedkar was appointed as the chairman of the constitution drafting committee. He emphasized the construction of building a virtual bridge between all the classes of people. He knows that there must be equality between all classes to bring unity to the nation. So he concentrates on gender, caste and religious equality. He introduced the system to for reservation of the members of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in the sections of education with government jobs and civil service sectors.
Awards for Dr.B.R.Ambedkar:
In 1990, he got his Barat Ratna award. This award is considered as a highest honor award for a civilian of India.
Honors for Dr.B.R.Ambedkar:
- Colombia University prepared a list of 100 top scholars of the world in 2004. And Dr.B.R.Ambedkar name is the first one in the list.
- Dr.B.R.Ambedkar birthday is considered as holiday and celebrated as Ambedkar Jayanthi or Bhim Jayanthi.
- History TV18 and CNN IBN organized as poll for the greatest Indian. Ambedkar was selected by the poll results on 2012.
- The political leader with highest number of his statue is for Dr.B.R.Ambedkar.
- Prof. Amartya Sen, a Nobel prize winner consider Dr.B.R.Ambedkar as his father in economics.
- He is called as the modern Buddha of this age by a great Buddhist monk known as Mahant Veer Chandramani.
- Rajgirh the personal library of Ambedkar consists of more than 50,000 books and it is considered as a world’s largest private library.
Achievements of Dr.B.R.Ambedkar:
- Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar book, “Waiting for a visa” is a text book the Columbia University.
- He knows 9 languages. They are Hindi, Pali, Sanskrit, English, French, German, Marathi, Persian, and Gujarati.
- He is a master of 64 subjects. He used to study 24 hours a day so that he completed the 8 years of studies in the London School of Economics just 2 years 3 months
- His conversion from Hinduism to Buddhism is historical. Because a total of 8, 50,000 people along with him converted to Buddhism on the same day.
- Dr.B.R.Ambedkar is the first and also an only person to receive “Doctor All Science” award from London school of Economics.
- The only political leader to have large number of books and songs written after his name in worldwide.
- He is the first India to get the Doctorate from abroad. And the only Indian who as a statue attached with Karl Marx in the London Museum.
- Although our national flag was designed by Pingali Venkayya giving the chakra a place in the flag was suggested by Dr.B.R.Ambedkar.
- Dr.B.R.Ambedkar book “The Buddha and his Dharma” is considered as a scripture for Indian Buddhist people.
Death:
Dr.B.R.Ambedkar had diabetes on his later age. And from 1954 to 1955 he suffered from loss of eye sight. So he died in Delhi on 6 December 1956. Buddhist style cremation was followed for him. Many followers, admirers and activists have attended his death ceremony.