Ambedkar Jayanti in India
Ambedkar Jayanti in India is held on April 14. This event in the second decade of the month April is annual. Help us
Ambedkar Jayanti: A jurist, economist, politician as well as social reformer, Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was born on April 14, 1891. Babasaheb Ambedkar studied at universities in the US, Britain, and Germany. After obtaining a degree in economics and political science from Bombay University, he did his Masters at Columbia University in New York before training as a lawyer in London. After returning to India during the independence movement, in 1936, Ambedkar wrote his magnum opus ‘Annihilation of Caste’, a fiery critique of the caste system. After becoming the law minister, he took a leading part in framing the Constitution. He also played a critical role in forming the Reserve Bank of India.
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