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Ambavade
Sign in to saveAmbadawe is a village in the Mandangad taluk of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra, India. This village is where Dr. B. R. Ambedkar got his current known surname, "Ambedkar", from his father's last name, "Sapkal". At that time it was common for village name of children to be written instead of family name in school register. "Ambadawe" was later changed to "Ambedkar" by teacher of Ambedkar at that time.
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The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under the topic Villages in Ratnagiri district.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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- village in India
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Maharashtra
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- postal code
- 402307
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Ambadawe is a village in the Mandangad taluk of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra, India. This village is where Dr. B. R. Ambedkar got his current known surname, "Ambedkar", from his father's last name, "Sapkal". At that time it was common for village name of children to be written instead of family name in school register. "Ambadawe" was later changed to "Ambedkar" by teacher of Ambedkar at that time.
thumb|right|Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Memorial Ambadawe
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ambavade” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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