A Complete Biography of Dr. Ambedkar

A Complete Biography of Dr. Ambedkar
Author: Pankaj Kishore
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
Total Pages: 105
Release: 2023-07-26
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9355211228

Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar is considered the Messiah of the Dalits in India. In 1947, the Constituent Assembly appointed him as the chairman of the Drafting Committee constituted for drafting the Constitution for independent India. He played a key role in building the Constitution. He was born on 14 April 1891 at Mhow (near Indore), a small town of present Madhya Pradesh. He was the fourteenth child of Subedar Ramji and Bhimabai Sakpal. Being from the Maharcaste, he was treated as an ‘untouchable’. His father and his grandfather had served in the British Army. Good schools were arranged by the then government for the education of the children of all military personnel. Therefore, despite being from a low caste, he got a good education. In 1937, Dr Ambedkar introduced a bill to end the ‘Khoti’ practice of Mahars working as official slaves in the Konkan region. When India became independent in 1947, he adorned the post of the Minister of Law. He had made a clarion call—‘Lost rights are never regained by begging... but by relentless struggle’. For his remarkable work, he was posthumously awarded India’s highest civilian award ‘Bharat Ratna’ in the year 1990.

Dr. Ambedkar and Untouchability

Dr. Ambedkar and Untouchability
Author: Christophe Jaffrelot
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2005
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780231136020

"For years Ambedkar battled alone against the Indian political establishment, including Gandhi, who resisted his attempt to formalize and codify a separate identity for the Dalits. Nonetheless, he became law minister in the first government of independent India and, more important, was elected chairman of the committee which drafted the Indian Constitution. Here he modified Gandhian attempts to influence the Indian polity. He then distanced himself from politics and sought solace in Buddhism, to which he converted in 1956, a few months before his death." "Jaffrelot focuses on Ambedkar's three key roles: as social theorist, as statesman and politician, and as an advocate of conversion to Buddhism as an escape route for India's Dalits. In each case he pioneered new strategies that proved effective in his lifetime and still resonate today."--BOOK JACKET.

The Boy Who Asked Why

The Boy Who Asked Why
Author: Sowmya Rajendran
Publisher:
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2018-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9780999547618

The Boy Who Asked Why follows the life of an extraordinary man, 'Babasaheb' Bhimrao Ambedkar, who energized the struggle against caste prejudice. This straightforward telling, visualized with quirky imagination, brings to children a man whose story will raise their awareness of discrimination - leading them, perhaps, to ask their own whys.

Dr. Ambedkar

Dr. Ambedkar
Author: Dhananjay Keer
Publisher: Popular Prakashan
Total Pages: 556
Release: 1995
Genre:
ISBN: 9788171542376

Waiting For A Visa

Waiting For A Visa
Author: B. R. Ambedkar
Publisher:
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2021-06-05
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9789354206344

Waiting For A Visa This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high quality images, and table elements, giving our readers the feel of holding a 'fresh and newly' reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned & printed (Optical Character Recognition - OCR) reproductions. 2. Correction of imperfections: As the work was re-created from the scratch, therefore, it was vetted to rectify certain conventional norms with regard to typographical mistakes, hyphenations, punctuations, blurred images, missing content/pages, and/or other related subject matters, upon our consideration. Every attempt was made to rectify the imperfections related to omitted constructs in the original edition via other references. However, a few of such imperfections which could not be rectified due to intentional\unintentional omission of content in the original edition, were inherited and preserved from the original work to maintain the authenticity and construct, relevant to the work. We believe that this work holds historical, cultural and/or intellectual importance in the literary works community, therefore despite the oddities, we accounted the work for print as a part of our continuing effort towards preservation of literary work and our contribution towards the development of the society as a whole, driven by our beliefs. We are grateful to our readers for putting their faith in us and accepting our imperfections with regard to preservation of the historical content. HAPPY READING!

My Autobiography Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

My Autobiography Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Author: Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
Total Pages: 149
Release: 2024-05-08
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9355627629

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's autobiography is a powerful memoir chronicling his extraordinary life as one of India's greatest social reformers and visionaries. It takes readers on a transformative journey through his early struggles against caste discrimination, his pursuit of education and his relentless fight for social justice and human rights. The book offers insights into Ambedkar's experiences as a student, lawyer, scholar and as the chief architect of the Indian Constitution. Born into an Untouchable family, Ambedkar faced oppression but overcame obstacles to become a renowned jurist, economist and politician. He spearheaded the Modern Buddhist Movement, campaigned against discrimination against Dalits, women, and labor, and served as Independent India's first law minister. With multiple doctorates from prestigious universities, he contributed significantly to the fields of law, economics and political science. Ambedkar's autobiography is a testament to his unwavering commitment to ensuring the rights and dignity of every citizen. It serves as a guiding light, inspiring readers to perpetuate the quest for compassion, empathy, and equality, while reminding us of the sacrifices that shaped India’s history.

Babasaheb

Babasaheb
Author: Savita Ambedkar
Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Total Pages: 367
Release: 2022-11-07
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9354927955

Born into a middle-class, Sarasvat Brahmin family, Dr Sharada Kabir met and got to know Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar as a patient riddled with life-threatening diseases, and eventually married him on 15 April 1948, getting rechristened as Savita Ambedkar. From the day of their wedding to the death of Dr Ambedkar on 6 December 1956, she aided him in some of his greatest achievements-drafting the Constitution of India, framing the Hindu Code Bill, writing some of his most celebrated books, including The Buddha and His Dhamma, and leading millions of Dalits into Buddhism. Following his death, she was hounded into obscurity by some of Dr Ambedkar's followers, who saw her as a threat to their political ambitions. She re-emerged into public life in 1970 and got back to working on the mission to which her husband had devoted his life-the welfare of the Dalit community. Her autobiography, Dr Ambedkaraanchya Sahavaasaat, was first published in Marathi in 1990. This English translation by Nadeem Khan unearths a much valuable and forgotten account, an intimate portrait of one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century. A tenacious fighter, an outstanding scholar and an iconic leader, Dr B.R. Ambedkar was all that and more. Savita Ambedkar brings alive a different side of her husband: a man who wrote romantic letters, dictated what she should wear, whipped up delicious mutton curry, played the violin, and even tried his hand at sculpting. This is a book that humanizes Ambedkar as no other book has done yet.

The Buddha and His Dhamma

The Buddha and His Dhamma
Author: B.R. Ambedkar
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 555
Release: 2011-01-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0199088284

The Buddha and His Dhamma was B.R. Ambedkar's last work. Published posthumously, it presented a radical reorientation of Buddhist thought and literature, aptly called navayana. It deals with Ambedkar's conceptualization of Buddhism and the possibilities it offered for liberation and upliftment of the Dalits. It presents his reflections on the life of the Buddha, his teachings, and the spread of Buddhism by interweaving anecdotes with detailed analyses of the religion's basic tenets. The author also includes important elements of the Buddhist canon and tradition to make the teachings more accessible. In the first critical and annotated edition of this work, the editors address the on-going debate on Ambedkar's interpretation of the Buddha's dhamma by focusing on the accuracy of his citations and providing missing sources. They also discuss Ambedkar's modification of source materials. The introduction contextualizes the scholarly work related to the text.