Dr. Ambedkar

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Biography

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Born: April 14, 1891Died: December 6, 1956 Qualification: M.A., PH.D., LL.D., D. LITT., D. SC., BARRISTER-AT-LAW Achievements: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was elected as the chairman of the drafting committee that was constituted by the Constituent Assembly to draft a constitution for the independent India; he was the first Law Minister of India; conferred Bharat Ratna …

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Thus Spoke Ambedkar

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Men are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise both will wither and die. The conception of secular state is derived from the liberal democratic tradition of west. No institution which is maintained wholly out of state funds shall be used for the purpose of religious …

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Educate Agitate Organise

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 Raj Kumar Oshoraj Educate, Agitate, Organise are three final words of our savior Baba Saheb Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. Being a Buddhist Baba Saheb gave these slogans based on Buddhist Trisharans Buddham (Educate), Dhammam (Agitate), Sangham (Organise). These commandments must be kept in this order. We are not trying to find faults in others who may …

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Sub-Castes within the SC/ST

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  Dr. K. Jamanadas (First published in Dalit Voice in March 2000) This has reference to the article on rivalry of subcastes Madigas and Malas among the SCs, and a frank debate welcomed by our editor (Dalit Voice, vol.15, no.21).  Our editor has welcomed the rivalry among the subcastes in these words: “There is nothing …

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Castes in India

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Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development~Anthropology Seminar of Dr. A. A. Goldenweizer at The Columbia University, New York, U.S.A. on 9th May 1916~Source: Indian Antiquary, May 1917, Vol. XLI ~ Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Many of us, I dare say, have witnessed local, national or international expositions of material objects that make up the sum total …

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Why Dr. Ambedkar renounced Hinduism?

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  Dr. Ramendra (First published in January 2001) Dr. Ambedkar’s role as a prominent constitution maker of India is quite well known. However, his views on religion, particularly his reasons for renouncing Hinduism, the religion of his birth, are not as widely known. Ambedkar who was born in an “untouchable” family carried on a relentless …