Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Full Story

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was the architect of the Indian Constitution and the first Justice Minister of independent India.

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar sacrificed his entire life for the salvation of Dalits and for the progress of many precious people in India.

"One who sacrificed his own rest before patriotism.
Taught self-respect to man
Who taught us how to deal with adversity?
Babasaheb was the only star in this sky."

Doctor Babasaheb Ambedkar Full Name Doctor Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was born on 14th April 891 at Mahu Indore Madhya Pradesh to his father Ramji Maloji Sakpal and mother Bhimai Mubardakar. Name of his first wife Ramai Ambedkar and second wife Savita Ambedkar Education Elephant High School Bombay University 1915 MA Economics 1961 PhD from Columbia University then Master of Science in 1921 followed by Doctor of Science in 1923.

Bhimrao Ambedkar Dr. B.R. Ambedkar allayed the frustration of the socially backward classes and gave them the right to equality. Ambedkar constantly worked hard to end caste discrimination.

He played an important role in ending the evil spread by caste discrimination in Indian society. Seeing that caste discrimination had completely disrupted and crippled Indian society, Ambedkar fought for the rights of Dalits and greatly changed the social conditions of the country.

Early life of Bhimrao Ambedkar –

Ambedkar, the Dr.Br of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, was born in Madhya Pradesh, India. Babasaheb was born on April 14, 1891 in How near Indore in Madhya Pradesh to Ramji Maloji Sakpal and Bhimabai. When Ambedkar was born, his father was a subedar in the Indian Army and was posted in Indore. Three years later, in 1894, his father Ramji Maloji Sakpal retired, and the entire family moved to Satara, Maharashtra. Bhimrao Ambedkar was the 14th and last child of his parents. He was beloved by all as he was the youngest member of his family.

Bhimrao Ambedkar Dr.Br Ambedkar belonged to a Marathi family in Maharashtra and his native village is Ambavde in Ratnagiri district, being from the Mahar caste.

Not only this, even though he had to struggle a lot to get higher education as a Dalit, he overcame all the difficult situations to get higher education and proved himself to the world.

Education of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar –

Since Babasaheb’s father was in the Army, he benefited from the privilege of education for his children, but being a Dalit, he also faced caste discrimination in school. The school chaplain would give them water on their hands and drink, and if the chaparral was on vacation, they wouldn’t even get to drink water that day. Despite all these injustices, Babasaheb became highly educated. Babasaheb did his primary education in Dapoli and then attended Elphinstone High School in Mumbai, where he became the first Dalit to do so. He matriculated in 1907.

On this occasion, a deekshant ceremony was also organized in which shri Krishnaji Arjun Keluskar, a teacher impressed by the talent of Bhimrao Ambedkar, presented him with a book ‘Buddha Charitra’ written by himself. Later, Babasaheb continued his further education after getting a fellowship from Badauda Naresh Sayaji Rao Gaikwad.Babasaheb was interested in studies from an early age and was a bright and intelligent student, so he succeeded in every examination with good marks. In 1908, Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar made history again by enrolling Dr.Br Ambedkar Elphinstone College. He was the first Dalit to take college admission for higher education. He graduated from The University of Bombay in 1912. He passed out of Persian because of his opposition to learning Sanskrit. He graduated from the college with a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science.

He attended Columbia University in the United States with a fellowship.

Bhimrao Ambedkar was made defence minister by the Baroda state government, but here too caste discrimination did not leave his back and he often faced humiliation. He didn’t work at the site for a long time because he was awarded a State Scholarship for his outstanding talent, which gave him the opportunity to earn a bachelor’s degree at Columbia University in New York. He left for the United States in 1913 to continue his education. In 1915, Ambedkar received his M.A. degree in sociology, history, philosophy, anthropology, and economics from Columbia University in the United States. He then conducted research on ‘Commerce of Ancient India’. Ambedkar received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in the UNITED States in 1916. The theme of his thesis was ‘Decentralization of Provincial Finance in British India’.

London School of Economics and Political Science –

He had to return to India after his fellowship ended. On his way back to India via the UK, he registered himself for M.Sc. and D.Sc. in the School of Economics and Political Science and on his return to India, he first accepted the responsibility of military officer and financial advisor in the court of the king at Baroda. He also served as the state’s defense secretary. Bar at the Law Institute and then returned to India.

It was not easy for them to do this work because not only were they suffering a lot due to caste discrimination, but no one was willing to give them a house on rent all over the city.

After this, Bhimrao Ambedkar (Dr.Br Ambedkar) quit his job as army minister and took up a job as a private teacher and accountant. Here he also started a consulting business but here too the attitude of untouchability followed him, and his business also came to a standstill due to social status.

He eventually returned to Mumbai where he was assisted by the Government of Bombay and became a professor of political economy at the Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics in Mumbai. During this time, he raised money for his further education and in 1920 he moved out of India to England to continue his education.

He received his master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1921 and a D.Sc. degree two years later.Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar (BR Ambedkar) also spent some time studying at the University of Bonn, Germany. He graduated with a D.Sc. in Economics in 1927. After studying jurisprudence, he worked as a barrister in the British Bar Office. On June 8, 1927, he was awarded a doctorate from Columbia University.

The fight to end untouchability and caste discrimination (Dalit Movement) –

After returning to India, Babasaheb decided to fight against caste discrimination, which often led to humiliation, disrespect, and hardship in his life. Ambedkar saw how untouchability and caste discrimination had spread everywhere, the mentality had become more extreme. Ambedkar considered it his duty to throw all these things out of the country and he opened a march against it.In preparation for the Government of India Act in 1919, Ambedkar told the Dakshinborough Committee that there should be a separate electoral system for untouchables and other communities, and he also proposed to give the right to reservation for Dalits and lower castes. Ambedkar started the search to end caste discrimination, to reach out to the people, to understand the pest and attitudes prevalent in the society. To end caste discrimination, to eradicate untouchability. Ambedkar invented the option of ‘meeting for the benefit of the excluded’. The main objective of this organization was to provide education and social and economic reforms to the backward classes. Ambedkar started to search to end cast discrimination, to reach out to the people, to understanding the past and attitudes in the society. Two-end cast disambiguation, to erratic untouchability. Ambedkar Invests the Option of ‘Meeting for the Benefit of the Excluded’. They are the Main Objective of Thirty Organizations to Provide Education and Social and Economic Reforms to the Backward Class. Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar started practicing law after completing his judicial studies. He accused Brahmins of discriminating in caste-based cases and fought and succeeded in court battles for many non-Brahmin leaders. After this victory, he found support to fight for the upliftment of Dalits.During 1927, Dr. Ambedkar worked actively to eradicate untouchability and completely eliminate caste discrimination. Instead of resorting to violence, they followed in the footsteps of Mahatma Gandhi and started a full-fledged agitation for the rights of Dalits.

During this time, he fought for the rights of Dalits. During the agitation, they also demanded that public water sources should be opened to all and entry into the temple should be opened to all castes.

Not only this, he also took a strong note of the protest by The Hinduists and also held a symbolic demonstration while entering the Kalaram temple located in Nashik city of Maharashtra.

In 1932, like a warrior in the crusade for the rights of Dalits, Dr. Ambedkar’s popularity grew. He was invited to attend the Round Table Conference in London. At the conference, Ambedkar also opposed Mahatma Gandhi’s ideology in which he had raised his voice against different voters who demanded that Dalits participate in elections.

The Poona Opportunity was also signed between Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar and Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya, a representative of the Brahmin community, for reservation of seats for the Dalit sections of the provisional assemblies among the general electorate.

In 1935, Ambedkar was appointed principal of the Government Law College. He served in this position for 2 years. Because of this, Dr. Ambedkar settled in Mumbai and built a big house here, in this house he had more than 50 thousand books in his private library.