B R Ambedkar Birth Place, Photo and Quotes

B R Ambedkar Jayanti is celebrated on 14th April 2023 every year to commemorate the Birth Anniversary of B R Ambedkar. Born on 14th April 1891, B R Ambedkar was a jurist, politician and social reformer who diligently fought for the rights and empowerment of the Dalits (formerly known as untouchables). B R Ambedkar Jayanti is celebrated to remember and pay tribute to the contributions and achievements of B R Ambedkar.

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B R Ambedkar Birth Place

B R Ambedkar was born on 14th April 1891 in the small cantonment town of Mhow, Madhya Pradesh. The town of Mhow was renamed to Dr Ambedkarnagar in 2003 in honour of Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar.

B R Ambedkar Biography

Born to Ramji Maloji Sakpal, a subedar in the British Indian Army and Bhimbai Sakpal, Ambedkar belonged to the Mahar Caste. He grew up facing social exclusion and discrimination throughout his life and yet emerged as one of the most influential personalities in the modern history of India.

Ambedkar was a brilliant student and excelled academically. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in economics and political science from Bombay University in 1912 and went on to study law at Gray’s Inn in London, where he earned a Doctorate in Law.

B R Ambedkar as a Social Reformer

After returning to India in 1923 after completing his studies in London, Ambedkar became actively involved in the struggle for Dalit rights and social reform. He founded the Bahishkrit Hitakarini Sabha in 1924 to work for the welfare of the Dalits and later became the leader of the Dalit Mahasabha.

Ambedkar was appointed to the Bombay Legislative Council in 1926, and he used his position to advocate for the rights of the Dalits and other marginalized communities. He was instrumental in the passage of the Depressed Classes Act of 1935, which provided reserved seats for Dalits in provincial legislatures.

B R Ambedkar & Constitution of India

In 1947, Ambedkar was appointed as the Chairman of the Drafting Committee for the Indian Constitution, and he played a key role in drafting the document that would become the foundation of modern India. He also served as India’s first Law Minister in the government of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

B R Ambedkar Quotes

B R Ambedkar was a prolific writer and orator. He has left behind a legacy of insightful and inspiring quotes for the generation to come. In the following section, you will find some of his most famous and influential quotes.

• “I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.”
• “Freedom of mind is the real freedom. A person whose mind is not free though he may not be in chains, is a slave, not a free man.”
• “If I find the constitution being misused, I shall be the first to burn it.”
• “I do not want that our loyalty as Indians should be in the slightest way affected by any competitive loyalty whether that loyalty arises out of our religion, out of our culture or out of our language.”
• “The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.”
• “Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.”
• “Caste is not a physical object like a wall of bricks or a line of barbed wire which prevents the Hindus from co-mingling and which has, therefore, to be pulled down. Caste is a notion; it is a state of the mind.”
• “I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality, and fraternity.”
• “Men are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise, both will wither and die.”
• “Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.”

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