April 14 is celebrated as the birth anniversary of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, the revolutionary political leader, Buddhists activist, great scholar and a historian. Referred to as the 'Father of Indian Constitution', Dr B.R. Ambedkar was born as the poor Mahar at the Military Head Quarter of War in state of Madhya Pradesh. He devoted his entire life for the cause of humanity in uplifting the minority (schedule caste and schedule tribe) section of the society.
Till date, people from all over the world appraise him for his liberal thoughts and revolutionary ideas. His farsightedness and urge to bring change in the society for the good, brought him national as well as international fame as a great social reformer.
Defeating numerous social and financial crises, he became first untouchables to obtain college education in India. After earning law degrees and multiple doctorates for his study and research in law, economics and political science from Columbia University and London School of Economics, he returned India as a great scholar, after which he practiced law for few years before publishing journals propagating social and political rights for the Indian untouchables.
Dr Ambedkar was the founder of the 'Independent Labour Party of India'. He was considered 'God' for the untouchables in the society. Beyond social reformer, he was also a great philosopher and prolific writer. Some of his popular contributions include The Annihilation of Caste; The Untouchables: A Thesis on the Origins of Untouchability; Who are Shudras etc.
He also played important role in the freedom struggle of India. Post Independence, he became India's first law minister. In 1945, he was appointed as the Chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee and was asked to write free India’s new constitution. Dr. Ambedkar was honored Bharat Ratna in 1990. On 26th December 1956, we lost this great leader.
April 14 is declared as a public holiday in the country. On this day all the Dalit organizations, carry huge possessions and rallied and conduct cultural programees on grand scale. His statues are decorated. Some of the other known Dalit leaders in the country includes Shri Mayawati and K. R. Narayanan.
Aparana Chauhan
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