Ambedkar Jayanti 2023: The Birthday Anniversary of Dr. BR Ambedkar is celebrated on 14 April and is also known as Ambedkar Jayanti or Bhim Jayanti. He is considered the leading nationalist in our country. Today marks the 132th anniversary of Dr Ambedkar’s birth. Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Dr BR Ambedkar and said he had made indelible contributions to the progress of the country. He was born on April 14, 1891 in Mhow, India to a family of Dalit Mahar.
Bharat Ratna Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar commonly known as Babasaheb Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar. His birthday celebration is celebrated on April 14th. He is a world class lawyer, social reformer and world number one scientist according to Ministry of Social Justice, Government of India. . He is considered the force behind the Dalit Buddhist movement in India.
He was born on April 14, 1891 in an ordinary family in Mhow (now in Madhya Pradesh) and died on December 6, 1956 in Delhi.
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Key Information about Dr. BR Ambedkar on Ambedkar Jayanti
Ambedkar’s date of birth: April 14, 1891
Ambedkar’s Birthplace: Mhow, Madhya Pradesh (now Dr. Ambedkar Nagar)
Ambedkar died: December 6, 1956 (age 65)
Other name: Babasaheb Ambedkar
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Ambedkar’s Father: Ramji Maloji Sakpal
Ambedkar’s mother: Bhimabai
Spouse: Ramabai Ambedkar (married 1906 – died 1935), Dr Savita Ambedkar (married 1948 – died 2003)
Son of Ambedkar: Yashwant Bhimrao Ambedkar
Grandson: Prakash Ambedkar
Ambedkar’s Degrees: University of Mumbai (BA), Columbia University (MA, Ph.D., LL.D.), London School of Economics (MSc, DSC), Gray’s Inn (Lawyer)
Awards/Titles: Bodhisattva (1956), Bharat Ratna (1990), First Colombian ahead of his time (2004), Greatest Indian (2012)
Ambedkar’s Political Party: Scheduled Caste League, Independent Labor Party, Republican Party of India
Social organization: Bahishkrit Hitakarini Sabha, Samata Sainik Dal
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25 facts about Dr. BR Ambedkar
1. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar is the 14th and last child of his parents.
2. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar’s real last name is Ambawadekar. But his teacher, Mahadev Ambedkar, gave him Ambedkar’s last name in the transcript.
3. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar is the first Indian to earn a PhD in economics abroad.
4. Dr. Ambedkar is the only Indian whose statue is associated with Karl Marx in the Museum of London.
5. The credit for making room for “Ashok Chakra” in the Indian tricolor also goes to Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. Although the national flag was designed by Pingali Venkayya.
6. Nobel Prize Winner Prof. Amartya Sen considers Dr. BR Ambedkar as his father in the field of economics.
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7. For the better development of Madhya Pradesh and Bihar, Babasaheb proposed the separation of these states in the 50s, but only after 2000, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand were created by splitting Madhya Pradesh and Bihar.
8. Babasaheb’s personal library “Rajgirh” contains more than 50,000 books and is the largest private library in the world.
9. The book “Waiting for Visa” written by Dr. Babasaheb is a textbook at Columbia University. Columbia University released a list of the 100 best scientists in the world in 2004, and the first name on that list was Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar.
10. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar is a master in 64 subjects. He knows 9 languages like Hindi, Pali, Sanskrit, English, French, German, Marathi, Persian and Gujarati. In addition, for almost 21 years, he studied relatively all the religions of the world.
11. At the London School of Economics, Babasaheb completed 8 years of study in just 2 years and 3 months. For this he studied 21 hours a day.
12. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar’s initiation into Buddhism with his 850,000 followers in the history of the world, because it was the greatest conversion in the world.
13. “Mahant Veer Chandramani”, the great Buddhist monk who initiated Babasaheb into Buddhism, called him “the modern Buddha of this age”.
14. Babasaheb is the first and only person in the world to receive a prestigious doctorate named “Doctor All Science” from the London School of Economics. Many smart students have tried this, but so far they have not been successful.
15. The world has the largest number of poems and books written in the name of leader Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar.
16. Governors Lord Linlithgow and Mahatma Gandhi believed that Babasaheb was smarter than 500 graduates and thousands of scholars.
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18. In 1954, at the “World Council of Buddhism” held in Kathmandu, Nepal, Buddhist monks awarded Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar with the highest Buddhist title of “Bodhisattva”. His famous book “Buddha and Dharma” is the “sacred scripture” of Indian Buddhists.
19. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar considers three great men, Buddha, Saint Kabir and Mahatma Phule as his “teachers”.
20. Babasaheb’s statue is one of the tallest in the world. Celebrations of his birth are also celebrated worldwide.
21. Babasaheb is the first lawyer from a backward class.
22. On the basis of a global survey called “The Makers of the Universe”, the list of the 100 best humanists of the past 10,000 years is made by the University of Oxford, with the fourth name being Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar.
23. Babasaheb Ambedkar has made many suggestions in his book “The Rupee Problem – Its Origin and Solution” about de-monetization being discussed everywhere nowadays.
24. Statues and paintings of Buddha with his eyes closed can be seen everywhere in the world, but Babasaheb, also a good painter, painted the first picture of the Buddha in which the Buddha opened his eyes.
25. The first statue of Babasaheb was built in 1950 when he was alive and this statue was installed in the city of Kolhapur.
26. Babasaheb Ambedkar is the only Indian to make it to the top of the world’s first talented people, according to the University of Cambridge, UK in 2011.
27. Using principles from Babasaheb Ambedkar’s book “The Rupee Problem: Origin and Solution”, the RBI was established on April 1, 1935.
28. The first Indian to advocate “Global Adult Commerce” before the Southborough Commission was Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar.
29. During the 7th session of the Workers’ Conference of India, held in New Delhi on 27 November 1942, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar reduced his working hours from 12 hours to 8 hours.
30. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar also introduced “Wage Scale Amendment”, “Annual Leave Allowance” and “Loyalty Allowance” (DA).
So, here are 25 unknown facts about this great Indian scholar who paved the way for the rise of millions of tribes and peoples according to India’s schedule. His millions of followers treat him like God.
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