Ambedkar Jayanti 2023: Share his 10 Priceless Thoughts: Today April 14, 2023, is Babasaheb Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar’s birth anniversary. Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar is known as the “Father of the Indian Constitution.” Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar was born in a Dalit family on 14 April 1891 in Mhow, Madhya Pradesh. In those days, the caste to which he belonged was considered untouchable. In such a situation, he was subjected to discrimination. Following this, he spent the rest of his life fighting for the rights of Dalits, the exploited, and the backward. He was always an advocate for the rights of the working class and women. Ambedkar, the Dalit messiah, was a great thinker, social reformer, jurist, and economist. As a great legal scholar, he was appointed as the country’s first law minister. His ideas also resulted in the creation of the Reserve Bank of India.
The day of Ambedkar Jayanti is dedicated to spreading Babasaheb’s great and inspiring ideas. His progressive thinking inspires millions of young people in the country. See below for Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar’s priceless thoughts that can be shared with others or shared on social media.
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Birth and History of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956) was an Indian jurist, economist, and Dalit leader who headed the committee drafting the Constitution of India from the Constituent Assembly debates served as Law and Justice Minister in the first cabinet of Jawaharlal Nehru and inspired the Dalit Buddhist movement after renouncing Hinduism. Dr. Babasaheb Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was born in the Mahar caste (natives of Maharashtra) in the Hindu religion. While he was an active revolutionary against inhuman caste practices against Dalits and inequality among men and women, Ambedkar converted to Buddhism in 1956.
- Dr. Babasaheb Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was born in the Mahar caste (natives of Maharashtra) in the Hindu religion. He was an active revolutionary against inhuman caste practices against Dalits and inequality among men and women, and later, Ambedkar converted to Buddhism in 1956.
- Dr. B R Ambedkar was married to Ramabai. However, Ramabai Ambedkar died on May 27, 1935, after a prolonged illness. She was 37. After her death, Dr. B R Ambedkar married Savita Ambedkar. Savita Ambedkar, who originally belonged to a Brahmin family, converted to Buddhism along with Dr. B R Ambedkar. She passed away in the year 2003.
- Dr. B R Ambedkar was an expert in 64 subjects. He knew 9 languages. Apart from this, he studied all the religions of the world comparatively for almost 21 years.
- He completed 8 years of studies in just 2 years and 3 months at the London School of Economics. He is the first and only person in the world to receive a valuable doctorate named “Doctor All Science” from the London School of Economics.
- Dr. B R Ambedkar has the highest number of statues in the world. In 1950, his first statue was built in Kolhapur city. Dr. B R Ambedkar is the only Indian whose statue is attached to Karl Marx in the London Museum. His birth anniversary is also celebrated all over the world.
- The credit of giving a place to “Ashok Chakra” on the Indian tricolor goes to Dr. B R Ambedkar. His book “Waiting for a visa” is a textbook at Columbia University. Worldwide, the highest number of songs and books written in the name of any leader is Dr. B R Ambedkar.
- All the statues and paintings of Buddha around the world have Buddha closed-eyed, but Dr. B R Ambedkar made the first painting of Buddha in which Buddha’s eyes were opened.
- Dr. B R Ambedkar’s initiation into Buddhism with his 8,50,000 supporters historically in the world was the largest conversion in the world. Mahant Veer Chandramani, a great Buddhist monk who initiated Dr. Ambedkar to Buddhism, called him “the modern Buddha of this age”.
- Ambedkar took his last breath on December 6, 1956, in New Delhi, where he was accorded a Buddhist cremation. In 1990, Ambedkar was posthumously conferred with Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award.
Read Babasaheb’s inspirational thoughts here.
1. Life should be great, not long.
2. Religion is for man, not religion for man. I practise a religion that teaches liberty, equality, and fraternity.
3. If we want a united, modern India, we must end the sovereignty of all religious scriptures.
4. In Hinduism, there is no room for the development of conscience, reason, and independent thinking.
5. History demonstrates that when there is a conflict between ethics and economics, economics always wins. Vested interests are not willingly surrendered unless there is sufficient force to compel them to do so.
6. The ultimate goal of human existence should be the development of intelligence. History cannot be made by those who forget it.
7. Equality may be a fiction, but still it has to be accepted as a governing principle.
8. If I feel that the constitution is being misused, I will be the first to burn it.
9. Whatever freedom the law gives you is of no use to you until you achieve social freedom.
10. I assess the progress of a society by looking at the condition of its women.