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B. R. Ambedkar

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Biography

Name: Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
Birth Date: 1891
Death Date: December 6, 1956
Place of Birth: Mhow, Madhya Pradesh, India
Nationality: Indian
Gender: Male
Occupations: social reformer, politician

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Biography of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
442 words, approx. 2 pages
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891-1956) was an Indian social reformer and politician who devoted himself to improving the life of untouchables, particularly of his own caste, the Mahars. Bhimrao Ambedkar was born at Mhow, Madhya Pradesh. He attended...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Ambedkar, BhīMrāO RāM : Hindu Terms
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(1891–1956) leader of the untouchables, who fought for their emancipation by legal means. As the son of an army school headmaster, he received a good early education. Supported by the Mahārāja of Baroda, he obtained a grant and was the...
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Ambedkar, Bhim Rao, : Buddhist Terms
126 words, approx. 1 pages
PH.D., Barrister at Law (1891–1956). Indian Bst. who founded a movement in India for converting millions of the Scheduled Castes (‘Untouchables’) to Bsm. Horrified with the conditions in which they lived he dedicated his life to their...
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B. R. Ambedkar Information
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Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (April 14, 1891 — December 6, 1956) was an Indian jurist, scholar, Bahujan political leader and a Buddhist revivalist, who is the chief architect of the Indian Constitution. Born into a poor Untouchable community,...


News and Journals
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Journal of Asian and African Studies
Theravada Buddhism and modernization: Anagarika Dhammapala and B.R. Ambedkar.(leaders of Buddhist revival in Sri Lanka and India)
02/01/1999: 6,039 words, approx. 20 pages
The twentieth century saw a revival of Buddhism in Sri Lanka and India. Though in both countries it was an instrument of choice it played different roles. The Buddhist revival in Sri Lanka led by Anagarika Dhammapala (1864-1993) though a "spin-off" from the Theosophical...
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Journal of Asian and African Studies
Theravada Buddhism And Modernization: Anagarilca Dhammapala And B.r. Ambedkar.
11/01/2000: 156 words, approx. 1 pages
Professor Emeritus, Department of History and Asian Studies, Wake University, Winston-Salem, NC 27106, U.S.A. Journal of Asian and African Studies Vol.34 (1999) pp.33-45 The twentieth century saw a revival of Buddhism in Sri Lanka and India. Though in both countries it...
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AP News
Thousands of low-caste Indians convert
5/27/2007: 311 words, approx. 1 pages
About 2,000 low-caste Hindu Indians bowed before orange-robed monks and recited prayers as they converted to Buddhism in a mass ceremony Sunday that they said would bring them dignity in a society that considers them "untouchables.""I feel like I have been reborn," Mahi, a farmer...
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AP Features
Indian doctor held in Australia after UK terror attacks was a moderate man, says family
7/11/2007: 388 words, approx. 1 pages
After nine days of waiting, Muhammad Shuaib finally heard news of his brother.On Wednesday morning, Muhammad Haneef, the Indian doctor detained in Australia in connection with last month's U.K. terror plot, spoke to his wife, Arshiya Firdaus. She is living in India with their 2-week-old...
 


 

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