Dr. Ambedkar jayanti 2020:45 intresting facts about architect of indian constitution bharat ratna dr.b r Ambedkar

   Dr. Ambedkar jayanti 2020:45 intresting facts and Books about architect of indian constitution Bharat Ratna dr.b r Ambedkar 



      The  birth anniversary of bhimrao ambedkar ,known as the father of the indian constitution. Ambedkar Jayanti or Bhim Jayanti is an annual festival observed on 14 April to commemorate the memory of B. R. Ambedkar. It marks Babasaheb Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's birthday who was born on 14 April 1891. Since 2015 it has been observed as an official public holiday throughout India. Ambedkar Jayanti is celebrated not just in India rather all around the world.



    A jurist, economist, politician as well as social reformer, Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was born on April 14, 1891. He dedicated his life towards the cause of achieving equality and respect for Dalits and untouchables. The political activist completed his studies at Columbia University and the London School of Economics. He was independent India's first law and justice minister.
      
     Not only did Dr BR Ambedkar give us the Constitution, but he also played an integral part in the formation of the Reserve Bank of India. He was a social reformer who was responsible for the Dalit Buddhist Movement in india.

      
        Ambedkar was a prolific student, earning doctorates in economics from both Columbia University and the London School of Economics, and gained a reputation as a scholar for his research in law, economics and political science. In his early career he was an economist, professor, and lawyer. His later life was marked by his political activities; he became involved in campaigning and negotiations for India's independence, publishing journals, advocating political rights and social freedom for Dalits, and contributing significantly to the establishment of the state of India. In 1956 he converted to Buddhism, initiating mass conversions of Dalits.



1)1897, his family moved to Bombay where Ambedkar became the only untouchable enrolled and attended at Elphinstone High School.
  
 2)Ambedkar was born into a poor low Mahar, (dalit) caste in the town and military cantonment of Mhow in the Central Provinces (now in Madhya Pradesh). 


 3) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was the 14th child of his parents.


 4) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar's family belonged to the Mahar caste, who were treated as untouchables and was subjected to socio-economic discrimination.


 5) In the London School of Economics, Babasaheb completed 8 years of studies in just 2 years 3 months. For this, he studied 21 hours a day.



  6)he moved to the United States as he had been awarded a Baroda State Scholarship of £11.50 (Sterling) per month for three years.


 7) Gaekwar of Baroda to provide opportunities for postgraduate education at the Columbia University in New York City. 


 8)He passed his M.A. majoring in Economics, with Sociology, History, Philosophy and Anthropology as other subjects of study in June, 1915


 9)Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was the first Indian to get a Doctorate (Ph.D.) degree in Economics from abroad.


10) Dr. Ambedkar is the only Indian whose statue is attached to Karl Marx in the London Museum.


11) Ambedkar married twice, first to Ramabai and next to Dr. Sharada Kabir.
                

12) 1916 he completed his second thesis, National Dividend of India-A Historic and Analytical Study and finally he received his PhD in Economics in 1927 for his third thesis, after he left for London.


 13) In 1923 he took his D.Sc.in Economics, and the same year he was called to the Bar by Gray’s Inn. 




14) his 3rd and 4th Doctorates that is in Ll.D, Columbia, 1952 and Ll.D., Osmania, 1953....


15) in 1917 he travelled separately from his collection of books, which were lost when the ship that the collection on which they were dispatched was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine.


16) Ambedkar was bound to serve the Princely State of Baroda as he was educated by the Princely State of Baroda. Ambedkar in turn was appointed as the Military Secretary to the Gaikwad but he had to quit within a short period of time.


17) In 1918 he became a Professor of Political Economy in the Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics in Bombay. Even though he was successful with the students of the institution, other professors objected to his sharing the same drinking-water jug that they all used.
             
           
18)Ambedkar had been invited to testify before the Southborough Committee, which was preparing the Government of India Act of 1919. Before the committee, Ambedkar argued for creating separate electorates and reservations for untouchables and other religious communities.


19) While practicing law in the Bombay High Court, he tried to uplift the untouchables in order to educate them.


 20) Ambedkar played a key role in establishment of Reserve Bank of India in 1935 that he presented to the Hilton Young Commission.


 21) As the member for Labour in the Viceroy’s Council from 1942 to 1946, Dr Ambedkar was instrumental in bringing several labour reforms. The change of working hours from 12 hours to 8 hours was initiated by him in the 7th session of Indian Labour Conference in New Delhi in November 1942


22) He framed many laws for Woman Labors of India. Which includes Mines Maternity Benefit, Woman Labour Welfare Fund, Woman & Child, and Labour Protection Act.
          
23) Upon India’s Transfer of Power to leaders of High Cast on 15 August 1947, the new Congress-led government invited B.R Ambedkar to serve as the nation’s first Law Minister, which he accepted.


 24) On 29th August, he was appointed as the Chairman of the Drafting Committee, charged by the Assembly to write India’s new Constitution. Granville Austin has described the Indian Constitution as the ‘first and foremost a social document
   
 25) Ambedkar resigned from the cabinet in 1951 following the hindrance in parliament regarding his draft of the Hindu Code Bill, which sought to expound gender equality in the laws of inheritance and marriage. 


 26) In 1954, in the "World Buddhist Council" held in Kathmandu, Nepal, Buddhist monks had given Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar the highest title of Buddhism "Bodhisattva". His famous book "The Buddha and his Dhamma" is the "scripture" of Indian Buddhists.

 27) Ambedkar’s ancestors had long been in the employment of the army of the British East India Company, and his father served in the British Indian Army at the Mhow cantonment.






 28) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar's real surname was Ambawadekar. But his teacher, Mahadev Ambedkar, gave him Ambedkar surname in the school records.

29)Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was a master in 64 subjects. He had knowledge of 9 languages like Hindi, Pali, Sanskrit, English, French, German, Marathi, Persian, and Gujarati. Apart from this, he studied all the religions of the world in a comparative way for almost 21 years.

30)A 20-page autobiographical story written by Ambedkar in 1935-36 (after his return from America and Europe), Waiting for a Visa is a book thatdraws from his experiences with untouchability, starting from his childhood. This book is used as a textbook in Columbia University, New York (USA).

 31)The book "Waiting for a visa" written by Dr. Babasaheb is a textbook at Columbia University. Columbia University made a list of world's top 100 scholars in 2004 and the first name in that list was Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar.


 32)Babasaheb was the first lawyer from backward class.

 33)Mahad Satyagraha of 1927 was one of the defining moments in Ambedkar’s political thought and action.


34)it took Ambedkar 2 years & 11 months’ time to prepare the Constitution of the World’s Largest Democracy and came to be known as the Father of the Indian Constitution. 

 35) later, independently contested to an election in 1952 to the Lok Sabha, but was defeated in the Bombay (North Central) constituency by a little-known Narayan Sadoba Kajrolkar by 14561 votes. He was appointed to the Rajya Sabha (Upper House) in March 1952 and remained as member till death.


  36) Article 370 in the Constitution was greatly opposed by Ambedkar, which gives a special status to the State of Jammu and Kashmir, and it was added against his wishes.


 37)Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar had considered three great men, Lord Buddha, Saint Kabir, and Mahatma Phule as their "instructor".

38) The highest number of statue in the world is of Babasaheb. His birth anniversary is also celebrated all over the world.

39) Based on a global survey called "The Makers of the Universe" a list of top 100 humanist people of the last 10 thousand years was made by Oxford University, in the  name was Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar.

 40)Babasaheb Ambedkar has given many suggestions in the book "The Problem of Rupee-Its Origin & its solution" about the demonetisation that is being discussed all around in the present time.  

 41)Everywhere in the world, Buddha's closed-eyed statues and paintings are visible, but Babasaheb, who was also a good painter, made the first painting of Buddha in which Buddha's eyes were opened.

 42)The first Statue of Babasaheb was built in the year 1950 when he was alive and this statue is established in Kolhapur city.

 43) The highest number of statue in the world is of Babasaheb. 

 44)He initiated the Damodar Valley project, the Bhakra Nangal Dam project, the Son River Valley project and Hirakud dam project. Ambedkar established the Central Water Commission to promote the development of irrigation projects at both the Central and the State level.

45) India’s power sector development was because of the spark ignited by Ambedkar. Ambedkar established the Central Technical Power Board (CTPB) and Central Electricity Authority to explore the potential of and establish hydel and thermal power stations. He also emphasized on the need for a grid system (which India still relies on) and well-trained electrical engineers in India.

                  
          

        list of some famous books written by the  great  intellactual dr.b r ambedkar 



      1)castes in india: their mechanism, genesis and development -1916
      2)mook nayak (weekly)-1920
      3)the problem of the rupee:its origin and its solution -1923
      4)bahiskrut bharat -1927
      5)janta (weekly)-1930
      6)the Annihilation of Caste-1936
      7)Fedration versus Freedom-1939
      8)thoughts on pakistan -1940
      9)Ranade,gandhi and jinnah _1943
     10)Mr.Gandhi and emancipation of untouchables-1943
     11)what congress and gandhi have done to the untouchables-1945
     12)pakistan or partition of india-1945
     13)state and minorities-1947
     14)who were the shudras -1948
     15)maharashtra as a linguistic province -1948
     16)the untouchables-1948
     17)buddha or karl marx -1956
     18)the buddha and his dhamma-1957
     19)riddles in hinduism-2008
     20)manu and the  shudras-
           
        Dr B.R. Ambedkar is the messiah of Dalits and downtrodden in India. In spite of childhood hardships and poverty Ambedkar with his hard work and dedication went on to become the highest educated Indian of his generation.He is one of the greatest leaders of India. who always stood for the equality of Untouchables and other lower castes. He was an activist who demanded social equality and justice. He was the forefather of Republic India. Thus, Dr B.R. Ambedkar was a leader who throughout his life fought for justice and equality.

                                             jay Bhim  

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