Ambedkar Jayanti 2023: Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, affectionately known as Babasaheb, is one of India’s most renowned social reformers. He devoted his entire life to social justice and the rights of society’s disadvantaged segments. His social and political vision not only contributed significantly to India’s freedom struggle during British rule, but also greatly influenced the future of Independent India. He led the committee that drafted the Indian Constitution and was a well-known lawyer.
Dr. Ambedkar’s birthday, which falls on April 14, is annually celebrated throughout India. The federal government has also declared it a national holiday this year.
Dr. Ambedkar, a jurist, politician, philosopher, anthropologist, and economist, was born in Mhow, Madhya Pradesh, on April 14, 1891. He was well-known for combating social ills and advocating for the rights of Dalits and other marginalised communities.
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Dr. Ambedkar fought against these social ills throughout his entire life and published dozens of journals advocating against them. His Annihilation of Caste is regarded as a seminal work for understanding the impact of caste discrimination on India.
Inspirational quotes of Babasaheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar
- “I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity”
- “Slavery does not merely mean a legalised form of subjection. It means a state of society in which some men are forced to accept from others the purposes which control their conduct.”
- “Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.”
- “I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.”
- “However good a Constitution may be, if those who are implementing it are not good, it will prove to be bad. However bad a Constitution may be, if those implementing it are good, it will prove to be good.”
- “Caste is not a physical object like a wall of bricks or a line of barbed wire which prevents the Hindus from co-mingling and which has, therefore, to be pulled down. Caste is a notion; it is a state of the mind.”
- “Political tyranny is nothing compared to social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies government.”
- “A just society is that society in which an ascending sense of reverence and descending sense of contempt is dissolved into the creation of a compassionate society.”