Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar worked round the clock to eradicate untouchability and caste discrimination.  We respect this great man even today.  Let’s see information about Babasaheb Ambedkar.

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1 birth
2 Childhood
3 Education
4 life
5 Work of Ambedkar
born
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was born on April 14, 1891 in the village of Mahu in the Indore district of Madhya Pradesh. His father’s name was Ramji and mother’s name was Bhimabai. Ramji and Bhimabai had 14 children by 1891. Among them, four daughters namely Ganga, Rama, Manjula and Tulsa survived and three sons namely Baliram, Anandrao and Bhimrao survived. Bhimrao was the youngest fourteenth child. Ambedkar’s grandfather’s name was Maloji Sapkal. Maloji was recruited as a soldier in the army of the English Crown. Due to his job in the army, Malojirao started studying at a military school. He was initiated into the Ramananda sect. Therefore, pure thought and pure behavior played an important role in Maloji’s household affairs.

Malojina had four children three sons and one daughter. After two sons, a daughter Mirabai was born. Born around 1848, Ramji was the fourth child of Malojirao. Ramji was religious. He had recited Abhangs of Saint Kabir’s couplets, Dnyaneshwar, Namdev, Chokhoba, Eknath, Tukaram etc. He used to read Dnyaneshwari everyday. While he was a soldier in the Hemant army at Stotre and Bhopal in the morning, he began his English education at a military school and mastered the English language well. So he passed the normal school examination. After passing the matriculation examination, his job as a constable was lost. He was promoted to the post of teacher in a military school i.e. a normal school.

Childhood
Ramji was in the platoon. That platoon arrived in 1888 at the army base at Mohol in Madhya Pradesh. Subhedar Ramji got the post of Principal of Normal School there. During this time, Dr. Ambedkar was born. His childhood name was Bhiwa. His popular names are Bhima, Bhima and Bhimrao. Ambedkar’s family belonged to the then untouchable Mahar caste and hailed from Ambadve village in Mandangad taluka of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

Being untouchables, they were always subjected to socio-economic discrimination.
In 1894, Subedar Ramji Sapkal retired from his job as a headmaster in the British Army and settled with his family at Camp Dapoli Vasti, a village near his native village of Dapoli in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra. Bhimrao was not admitted to school due to his young age. Later in the month of November 1896, Bhimrao’s name was enrolled in the Camp School in Satara, a Marathi school. This year he took initiation into Kabir Panth. A few days later, Bhima’s mother passed away. Ambedkar was five years old at that time. After that Bhima and other children were brought up by their mother Mirabai in difficult conditions.

Education
Dr. When Babasaheb Ambedkar came to Bombay in 1904, he started going to Elphinstone, a government school. He was the first untouchable student to attend Elphiston High School. Ramji, who was a follower of Kabir, introduced the children to Hindu literature. Due to opposition from other castes, Ramji used his army post to send children to government schools. After class 10th, he completed BA degree in Political Science and Economics from Mumbai University. Also joined the Baroda Institute for employment. Ambedkar was the first Indian to receive a Doctorate or Ph.D degree in Economics from abroad. He was also the first South Asian to receive a doctorate degree twice from South Asia. Ambedkar was the most brilliant and highly educated person in his family. He received his higher education in 27 years from November 1896 to November 1923 from Bombay University, Columbia University and London School of Economics and China.

life
Ambedkar was an economist professor and lawyer in his early career after which he worked in the socio-political field. Joined the propaganda media and discussion media for India’s independence and published a newspaper. He advocated political rights and social freedom for Dalits and made a valuable contribution to the creation of modern India. While Bhimrao was still at school in 1906 at the age of fourteen and fifteen, Bhimrao was married to Ramibai alias Ramabai, the 9-10 year old daughter of Bhiku Valangkar of Dapoli. While studying at Elphiston High School, Bhimrao had to sit away from the upper caste boy in the class. Many high school teachers treated him with disdain. Ambedkar used to study for eighteen hours every day during his student life.

Ambedkar’s work

He has contributed a lot in drafting the Constitution of India. He connected farming business with social system for agriculture and farmers. He found the reason for the caste-based social system in the rural areas in the rural economy. Therefore, if we want to change the social system based on caste, we have to change the agriculture. Considering agriculture as an industry, the economic development of farmers should be done by providing infrastructure. He believed that if the farmer becomes economically mature, the agricultural labor and all the elements associated with agriculture will benefit from the economic capacity and economic disparity complements and nourishes the caste system, so the less the economic disparity, the less the chasm of caste discrimination will diminish.

Water and land are the main factors for agriculture. It is impossible to develop agriculture without water. Farmers need clean water. It is not possible to increase the productivity of water and raise the economic level of farmers. He brought the instructions of the British government. He led the first strike for farmers under the leadership of Ambedkar. This strike took place between 1928 and 1934 in the village of Zari. This strike continued for seven years. Babasaheb Ambedkar fought to destroy Khoti system.

Babasaheb has done political work. In December 1926, the Governor of Bombay, Henry Staveley Lawrence, appointed him as a member of the Bombay Legislative Council. There he often gave speeches on economic topics. Member of Bombay Legislative Council till 1936. Although the untouchables had no political rights, they were invited to represent the untouchables at the first Round Table Conference held in London in 1930.

Ambedkar took an active part in India’s freedom struggle After the Muslim League’s Lahore Resolution in 1940, which demanded Pakistan, Ambedkar wrote a 420-page book titled ‘Thoughts on Pakistan’ in which he analyzed the concept of Pakistan. He has also criticized the Muslim League’s demand for a separate Pakistan for Muslims and argued that Hindus should accept a Muslim Pakistan.

Babasaheb Ambedkar was a jurist, economist and social reformer. He campaigned for the rights of Dalits and made significant contributions in the fight against social discrimination and the rights of hardworking farmers and women. He has a lion’s share in the making of Indian constitution. He served as the country’s first law minister.

Bhimrao Ambedkar framed the Constitution of India
Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar’s main objective of drafting the constitution was to eliminate caste discrimination and untouchability in the country and to create a society free from untouchability and to revolutionize the society and give equal rights to all.

Bhimrao Ambedkar was appointed as the Chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee on 29 August 1947. Ambedkar ji insisted on building a real bridge between all sections of society. According to Bhimrao Ambedkar – BR Ambedkar, if the differences between different sections of the country are not reduced, it is difficult to maintain the unity of the country, besides he emphasized on religious, gender and caste equality.

Bhimrao Ambedkar Saheb was successful in securing the support of the Legislative Assembly for reservation for members of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in education, government jobs and civil services.

The Constitution of India gives all citizens of India the right to freedom of religion.
Rooted out untouchability.
Empower women.
The gap between the elements of the society was removed.
Let us say that Bhimrao Ambedkar – B.R. Ambedkar ji on 26 November 1949 worked hard for about 2 years, 11 months and 7 days to frame the Constitution of India based on Equality, Equality, Fraternity and Humanity and the then President Dr. Rajendra Prasad. Indian culture was overwhelmed by the way all the citizens of the country lived with national unity, integrity and dignity of the individual.

Apart from his role in the framing of the Constitution, he also helped set up the Finance Commission of India. I tell you that through his policies he made progress by changing the economic and social condition of the country. Along with this, he emphasized on stable economy as well as free economy.

He was constantly striving to improve the condition of women too. In 1951, Bhimrao Ambedkar tried to pass the Hindu Women’s Empowerment Code, and when it failed to pass, he resigned as the first law minister of independent India.

After this Bhimrao Ambedkar – BR Ambedkar ji also contested for Lok Sabha seat but he lost in this election. He was later appointed to the Rajya Sabha and remained a member until his death.

In 1955 he published his treatise on Linguistic States and proposed the reorganization of Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra into small and administrative states, which became true in some states 45 years later.

Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar – B R Ambedkar G Election Commission, Planning Commission, Finance Commission, Uniform Civil Hindu Code Women, State Reorganization, Consolidation of Large States into Smaller States, Guiding Principles of State Policy, Fundamental Rights, Human Rights, Comptroller and Auditor General, Election Commissioner and formulated strong social, economic, educational and foreign policies that strengthened the political structure.

Not only this, Dr.Bhimrao Ambedkar – B R Ambedkar made constant efforts in his life and through his hard struggle and efforts he strengthened democracy and separated the three organs of the state, judiciary, executive and legislature as well as equal civil rights. . Corresponding to the element of a person, an opinion and a value.

Apart from this, Bhimrao Ambedkar ji, a brilliant genius, ensured through the Constitution the participation of Scheduled Castes and Tribes in the Legislature, Executive and Judiciary as well as participation in any kind of assemblies like Gram Panchayat, Zilla Panchayat, Panchayat in future. Paved the way for Raj etc.

Along with cooperative and collective farming, nationalization of available land, establishment of state ownership of land and public primary enterprises and activities like banking, insurance etc. were strongly recommended to provide employment to unemployed workers dependent on the small umbrella of farmers. Work on industrialization to provide more opportunities.

Personal Life of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar – B R Ambedkar Short Biography
Bhimrao Ambedkar – Known as the Messiah, BR Ambedkar was first married to Ramabai Ambedkar in 1906. After this both of them gave birth to a son named Yashwant. Ramabai died in 1935 after a long illness.

After the drafting of the Constitution of India in 1940, Bhimrao Ambedkar – B.R. Ambedkar ji also suffered from many ailments which made him unable to sleep at night, had constant pain in his feet and also developed diabetes. So he also used insulin.

For this he went to Bombay where he first met Sharda Kabir, a Brahmin doctor. After this both decided to get married and in 1948 they got married. After marriage Dr. Sharda changed her name to Savita Ambedkar – Savita Ambedkar.

Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar converted to Buddhism
In 1950, Bhimrao Ambedkar – b. R. Ambedkar went to Sri Lanka to attend an intellectual conference. He was then so impressed with the ideas of Buddhism that he decided to embrace Buddhism and converted himself to Buddhism. After this he returned to India.

After returning to India, he also wrote several books on Buddhism. He was strongly opposed to the customs of Hinduism and strongly condemned caste division.