Dr Ambedkar’s Death Anniversary

Ambedkar Jayanti is celebrated to recognise and show respect for the hard work that Doctor BR Ambedkar has put forward in order to abolish the practice of untouchability in India and to provide proper awareness to the citizens of India related to the economical and financial issues that people of untouchable caste had to go through. He was 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐋𝐚𝐰 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚. Dr BR Ambedkar suffered from diabetes from 1948 and he was bedridden from June to October in the year 1954 due to the side effects and poor eyesight. The status of his health was worse during 1955 and three days after completing his final manuscript of The Buddha And His Dharma, he died in his sleep on 6 December 1956 in Delhi.

6th December 2021 marks the 66th death anniversary of Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar. He was considered 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. The death anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar is referred to as 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐬. He belonged to the Mahar caste which was considered untouchable and he has worked very hard to abolish the practice of untouchability in India. Doctor BR Ambedkar was born on April 14th 1891 in Madhya Pradesh. He suffered economic and social discrimination due to his caste which later was an abolished practice due to his hard work. Mahaparinirvana Divas is observed to recognise his visionary thinking and contributions to the social and legal foundation of the Republic of India. Babasaheb Ambedkar’s life was filled with challenges, but he proved that nothing in the universe can stop a person who is determined to rise.

Babasaheb Ambedkar had a multi-faceted personality. He was an educationist, economist, lawyer, journalist, politician, and sociologist. Above all, he was a social reformer who led a courageous fight for the empowerment of Dalits in the country. He was regarded as a Buddhist guru because of his efforts to eradicate the social scourge of untouchability. He was devoted to spreading education amongst the downtrodden, improving their economic status and raising matters concerning their centuries-old problems. He also raised his voice to combat discrimination against women and promote gender equality.

𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐃𝐫. 𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐝𝐤𝐚𝐫

– Babasaheb’s original surname was Ambawadekar. His teacher, however, put ‘Ambedkar’ as his surname in the school record.

– Babasaheb received education at Columbia University in the US and the London School of Economics in Britain.

– To study in the US, he was given a scholarship by the Maharaja of Baroda, as per government releases.

On March 20, 1927, Babasaheb undertook ‘𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐲𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐚’ or ‘𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐝𝐚𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐲𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐚’ to give the untouchables the right to draw water from the public tank in Mahad, presently located in Maharashtra’s Raigad district. Led by Babasaheb, nearly 5,000 men and women walked to the Chavdar Tank and washed their hands. Babasaheb had a crucial role in the formation of the Reserve Bank of India. Popularly known as the bank of banks, the RBI was conceptualised in line with the guidelines presented by Babasaheb to the Hilton Young Commission on the basis of his book – ‘𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐞 – 𝐈𝐭𝐬 𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐭𝐬 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧’. Babasaheb, just weeks before his death, adopted Buddhism at a ceremony in Nagpur.