biography of br amedhkar in 200 words
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Ambedkar was an Indian Nationalist, a Buddhist, a political leader, and a jurist. He was the chief architect of the Indian Constitution. He was born in a lower class family on 14th April 1891. His mother died when he was just five years old.
In 1908, Ambedkar got married at an immature age of 14, to a girl named Ramabai who was nine years old at that time but still, he continued his education and passed the intermediate examination with flying colors. Due to his great interest in studies, Dr. Ambedkar was brilliant from his childhood. His low cast birth made him suffer a lot of discrimination and humiliation in his school. He went to England in 1923 for his higher studies and there, he received the degrees of M.Sc, Ph.D. and DMS law.
Many public institutions are named in his honor including BR Ambedkar Bihar University, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University in Hyderabad etc. He always supported the equality of opportunity irrespective of a person’s caste, color or Creed. He was also touched by the difficulties faced by the laborers and therefore he also organized a separate community for them named as “Savatantara Mazdoor Dal”. With his continuous efforts, he was gaining popularity all over and became the hero of the low caste people.
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3 April 1952 – 6 December 1956
President
Rajendra Prasad
Prime Minister
Jawaharlal Nehru
1st Minister of Law and Justice
In office
15 August 1947 – September 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
Labour Member, Viceroy's Executive Council
In office
1942–1946
Governor General
The Marquess of Linlithgow
The Viscount Wavell
Preceded by
Feroz Khan Noon
Leader of the Opposition in the Bombay Legislative Assembly
In office
1937–1942
Member of the Bombay Legislative Assembly
In office
1937–1942
Constituency
Bombay City (Byculla & Parel) General Urban
Member of the Bombay Legislative Council
In office
1926–1936
Personal details
Pronunciation
Bhīmrāo Rāmjī Āmbēḍkar
Born
Bhimrao Ramji Sakpal
14 April 1891
Mhow, Central Provinces, British India
(present-day Dr. Ambedkar Nagar, Indore district, Madhya Pradesh, India)
Died
6 December 1956 (aged 65)
Delhi, New Delhi, India
Resting place
Chaitya Bhoomi, Mumbai, (present day Maharashtra), India
Citizenship
Indian
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
Parents
Ramji Maloji Sakpal (father)
Bhimabai Ramji Sakpal (mother)
Relatives
See Ambedkar family
Residence
• Rajgruha, Dadar, Mumbai
• 26 Alipur road, New Delhi
Education
B.A. (1913)
M.A. (twice, 1915 & 1916)
Ph.D. (1916, awarded in 1927)
M.Sc. (1921)
Barrister-at-law (1922)
D.Sc. (1923)
LL.D. (1952, hon.)
D.Litt. (1953, hon.)
Alma mater
University of Mumbai
Columbia University
London School of Economics
Gray's Inn
Occupation
Lawyer and Professor
Profession
Jurist, economist, politician, social reformer, anthropologist, author, historian, sociologist, social scientist, educationist, freedom fighter, journalist, human rights activist, philosopher
Known for
Dalit rights movement, Constitution of India, Dalit Buddhist movement, Ambedkarism
Awards
Bharat Ratna (posthumously in 1990)
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