The central government od India has declared April 14, Dr. BR Ambedkar's birthday a public holiday. Dr. B R Ambedkar was the sculptor of the Indian Constitution and the country already celebrates his birthdayy as Ambedkar Jayanti every year. The government has announced that from this year 14th April will be declared as a public holiday.
It will be Ambedkar’s 130th birth anniversary on April 14, 2021.
Babasaheb Ambedkar's original name is Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar. He was born on April 17, 1891. His father Ramji Sakpal was a Subedar in the army and his mother Bhimbai Kapal was a housewife. The family settled in Mumbai in 1897 and Babasaheb enrolled at Elphinstone High School. After matriculation, he took admission to Elphinstone College in 1907. He graduated from Bombay University in 1912 with a degree in Economics and Political Science.
He was a statesman, philosopher, ethnographer, historian, and economist as well as a connoisseur of many subjects. He is considered a key architect of the constitution of India and went on to become the first law and justice minister of independent India.
Babasaheb Ambedkar was a renowned social reformer and a Dalit icon, he spoke unequivocally against the inequality, injustice, and discrimination faced by the members of the Dalit community.
Babasaheb Ambedkar died on December 6 in 1956. In 1990, he was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award.
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