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Every year on April 14, India observes Ambedkar Jayanti, commemorating the birth anniversary of Ambedkar. It is observed as a public holiday in several Indian states and is marked by processions, seminars, and cultural events.<\/p>\n

Born on April 14, 1891, in the military cantonment town of Mhow in Madhya Pradesh, Dr\u00a0Ambedkar\u00a0was a towering figure in Indian history – a distinguished jurist, economist, social reformer, and political leader. As the chief architect of the Indian Constitution, he chaired the drafting committee and later served as the first Law and Justice Minister in the cabinet of then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.<\/p>\n

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Dr Ambedkar’s early life was marked by discrimination, yet he rose to become the first Dalit to earn a doctorate in economics abroad. A Columbia University graduate and a London School of Economics alumnus, he was a staunch advocate of education as a tool of empowerment. He is also recognised for his lifelong struggle for the empowerment of Scheduled Castes.<\/p>\n

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New Delhi: Top political leaders\u00a0paid floral tributes to the statue of Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar in the Parliament House Complex on Monday morning, marking his 134th birth anniversary. From President Droupadi Murmu to the Gandhi family, all paid homage to the father of the Indian Constitution. “On the occasion of the birth anniversary of Babasaheb […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[195419,195416,195415,195319,195414,195418,183,4766,195417],"class_list":{"0":"post-242026","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-india","8":"tag-ambedkar-anniversary","9":"tag-ambedkar-birth-anniversary","10":"tag-ambedkar-jayanti","11":"tag-bhimrao-ambedkar","12":"tag-bhimrao-ambedkar-jayanti","13":"tag-gandhis","14":"tag-pm-modi","15":"tag-sonia-gandhi","16":"tag-sonia-gandhi-and-rahul-gandhi"},"yoast_head":"\n