Dr Ambedkar passed away on December 6, 1956, and was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, in 1990. His birthday, April 14, is celebrated annually as Ambedkar Jayanti.
Senior Congress leader and former Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Thursday lashed out against Union Home Minister Amit Shah's recent remarks on Babasaheb Ambedkar.
The Congress-affiliated student organisation also organised similarprotests in the higher education institutions throughout the country.
Amit Shah paid tributes to Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar, saying "his ideals and thoughts will continue to guide us".
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, paying tributes to Dr Ambedkar tweeted, "Remembering the great Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar on Mahaparinirvan Diwas. His thoughts and ideals continue to give strength to millions. We are committed to fulfilling the dreams he had for our nation."
The Ambedkar Mahasabha on Saturday conferred on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath the ‘Dalit Mitr’ award on the occasion of the 127th birth anniversary of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar.
“If today this brother of yours, who is the son of a poor woman and hails from a backward community, is the Prime Minister of the country then it is because of Babasaheb,” the PM said.
The damaged statue of Dalit icon and father of the Indian Constitution Dr BR Ambedkar, which was rebuilt with a…
A statue of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar was vandalised in Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday by unidentified miscreants. The head…
On the 62nd death anniversary of BR Ambedkar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday accused the Congress of doing greatest…
