Remembering Babasaheb Ambedkar through pictures in 2021

Jai Bheem | Babasaheb Ambedkar said, “Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence”.

Volunteers Collective wishes everyone a very enriching, heartwarming and revolutionary Ambedkar Jayanti — Jai Bheem

We must stand on our own feet and fight as best as we can for our rights. So carry on your agitation and organize your forces. Power and prestige will come to you through struggle. — Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

The widely revered Indian jurist, economist, politician, social reformer, a member of the Constituent Drafting committee, independent India’s first Minister of Law and Justice, and the chief architect of the Constitution of India, who inspired the Dalit Buddhist movement and campaigned against social discrimination towards India’s untouchables, the Dalits, (Dr.) Babasaheb Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was born on this day in 1891, and his sagacious legacy continues to inspire the people of the world to even today.

Ambedkar in childhood

Ambedkar in college

Ambedkar (in center line, first from right) with his professors and friends from the London School of Economics (1916–17)

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar as a young man

Ambedkar in his Delhi office

Dr. Ambedkar with the members of the Drafting Committee of the Indian Constitution

Ambedkar fought for three years to get the comprehensive Hindu Code Bill passed which gave several important rights to women.

Ambedkar handing over the final draft of the constitution to President Rajendra Prasad on November 26, 1949

For more pictures of the decisive events that marked the life of Dr. Ambedkar and Indian history, visit the Dr. B. R. Ambedkar section by the Ministry of External Affairs here.

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