B. R. Ambedkar
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and politician who chaired the committee that drafted the Constitution of India based on the debates of the Constituent Assembly of India and the first draft of Sir Benegal Narsing Rau. Ambedkar served as Law and Justice minister in the first cabinet of Jawaharlal Nehru. He later renounced Hinduism and converted to Buddhism, inspiring the Dalit Buddhist movement.
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B. R. Ambedkar was an Indian jurist and social reformer who led the drafting of India's Constitution and served as the country's first Law and Justice minister. His work shaping India's founding legal document and his later conversion to Buddhism, which sparked the Dalit Buddhist movement, made him a pivotal figure in Indian law, social reform, and religious history.
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- 1956
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- Beef, Brahmins, and Broken Men
- Ancient Indian Commerce
- The Buddha and his Dhamma
- Gandhi and Gandhism
- Annihilation of caste
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Personal details BornBhimrao Ramji Sakpal (1891-04-14)14 April 1891 Mhow, Central India Agency, British India
Died6 December 1956(1956-12-06) (aged 65) New Delhi, India
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