Wednesday, 14 April Ambedkar Jayanti 2021 in India

 B. R. Ambedkar

father of India's Constitution, polymath, revolutionary, social reformer

 Date of Birth: 14-Apr-1891

 Place of Birth: Dr. Ambedkar Nagar, Madhya Pradesh, India

Date of Death: 06-Dec-1956

Profession: writer, lawyer, politician, professor, jurist, economist, historian, civil rights advocate, pedagogue, political scientist, human rights activist, editor, journalist, sociologist, revolutionary, anthropologist, philosopher, essayist, orator, social reformer, newspaper editor, Constitutionalist, erudite, humanitarian, freedom fighter

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Aries 

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
Photograph of Ambedkar in the 1950s
Member of Parliament of Rajya Sabha for Bombay State[1]
In office 3 April 1952 – 6 December 1956
President	Rajendra Prasad
Prime Minister	Jawaharlal Nehru
1st Minister of Law and Justice
In office 15 August 1947 – 6 October 1951
President	Rajendra Prasad
Governor General	Louis Mountbatten C. Rajagopalachari
Prime Minister	Jawaharlal Nehru
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Charu Chandra Biswas
Chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee
In office 29 August 1947 – 24 January 1950
Member of the Constituent Assembly of India[2][3]
In office 9 December 1946 – 24 January 1950
Constituency	• Bengal Province (1946-47)  • Bombay Province (1947-50)
Minister of Labour in Viceroy's Executive Council [4][5]
In office 22 July 1942 – 20 October 1946
Governor General	The Marquess of Linlithgow The Viscount Wavell
Preceded by	Feroz Khan Noon
Leader of the Opposition in the Bombay Legislative Assembly[6][7]
In office 1937–1942
Member of the Bombay Legislative Assembly[6][7]
In office 1937–1942
Constituency	Bombay City (Byculla and Parel) General Urban
Member of the Bombay Legislative Council[8][9][10]
In office 1926–1937
Personal details
Pronunciation	Bhīmrāo Rāmjī Āmbēḍkar
Born	Bhiva Ramji Sakpal 14 April 1891 Mhow (now known as Dr Ambedkar Nagar), Central Provinces, British India (present-day Bhim Janmabhoomi, Dr. Ambedkar Nagar, Indore district, Madhya Pradesh, India)
Died	6 December 1956 (aged 65) Dr. Ambedkar National Memorial[11][12] (Dr. Ambedkar Parinirvan Bhoomi), Delhi, New Delhi, India
Resting place	Chaitya Bhoomi, Mumbai 19.026149°N 72.834599°E E
Citizenship	India
Nationality	Indian
Political party	• Independent Labour Party  • Scheduled Castes Federation
Other political affiliations	• Republican Party of India
Spouse(s)	Ramabai Ambedkar ​ ​ (m. 1906; died 1935)​ Savita Ambedkar   ​ (m. 1948)​
Children	Yashwant Ambedkar
Relatives	See Ambedkar family
Residence	• Rajgruha, Mumbai, Maharashtra  • 26 Alipur road, Dr. Ambedkar National Memorial, New Delhi
Alma mater	University of Mumbai (B.A., M.A.) Columbia University (M.A., PhD) London School of Economics (M.Sc., D.Sc.) Gray's Inn (Barrister-at-Law)
Profession	Jurist . economist . academic.  politician.  social reformer . anthropologist . writer
Known for	Dalit rights movement Drafting Constitution of India Dalit Buddhist movement
Awards	Bharat Ratna (posthumously in 1990)
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