Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Marathi:डॊ.भीमराव रामजी आंबेडकर) is one of the recipients of Bharat Ratna. He is also known as Babasaheb.
This is the highest civilian award of India.
Important actiivities[]
He was an Indian nationalist, jurist, Dalit political leader and a Buddhist revivalist. He is also the chief architect of the Indian Constitution.
He 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.
Life[]
He was born into a poor Untouchable family in the British-founded town and military cantonment of Mhow in the Central Provinces (now in Madhya Pradesh).
Education[]
Overcoming numerous social and financial obstacles, Ambedkar became one of the first "untouchables" to obtain a college education in India.
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