biography
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Ambedkar, Bhimrao Ramji
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pronunciation:
[ambedker]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1893–1956)
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| biography:
| Indian politician and champion of the depressed castes, born near Mumbai (Bombay), W India. He studied at Bombay, Columbia University in New York City, and the London School of Economics, and practised as a barrister in London. He later became a member of the Bombay Legislative Assembly and leader of 60 million Untouchables. Appointed law minister in 1947, he was the principal author of the Indian Constitution. He resigned in 1951, and with some thousands of his followers he publicly embraced the Buddhist faith not long before his death. |
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