TOP 10 LITTLE KNOWN FACTS ABOUT DR B R AMBEDKAR
TOP 10 LESSER KNOWN
FACTS ABOUT DR
B R AMBEDKAR
10. Dr.ambedkar born in madhyapradesh [mhow] and was
14th child of his parents.his father was in military as subhedar and posted in mhow contingent
his family name was sakpal and his village name was ambavade so he used to known by his village name that ambavadkar.
9.Due to caste discrimination at those days he was not allowed to sit inside classroom and her has bring his own jute cloth so school floor wont get dirty by his touch.he could not touch water himself so someone has to pour to him.when no body is there to pour he has to sit thirsty for hours.
8.he has awarded with 11
.50 sterling pound monthly by king of badoda mr.gaikwad,to complete his post graduation in
USA.
for his growing family He worked as a private tutor, as an accountant, and established an investment consulting business, but it failed when his clients learned that he was an untouchable.
his growing family He worked as a private tutor, as an accountant.
7. In 1923 at the age of 32 he took his
Doctor of science in Economics, and the same year he was called to the Bar by
Gray's Inn.
Incidentally, in his journey (
1917) he travelled separately from his collection of books, which were lost when the ship on which they were dispatched was torpedoed and sunk by a
German submarine.
6.In 1935,
Ambedkar was appointed principal of the
Government Law College, Mumbai, a position he held for two years. Settling in
Mumbai, Ambedkar oversaw the construction of a house, and stocked his personal library with more than 50,
000 books
5.In 1936, Ambedkar founded the
Independent Labour Party, which contested in the
1937 Bombay election to the
Central Legislative Assembly for the 13 reserved and 4 general seats and securing 11 and 3 seats respectively
.
.Ambedkar opposed
Article 370 in the
Constitution,dr.Ambedkar had clearly told
Sk. Abdullah I as the
Law Minister of
India, will never do it." Then Sk. Abdullah went to
Nehru,who directed him to Gopal
Swami Ayyangar, who approached
Sardar Patel asking him to do something as it was a matter of prestige of Nehru, who has promised Sk. Abdullah accordingly.
Patel got it passed when Nehru was on foreign tour.
4. He loved fine dogs and would bring from te farthest of the country if his eyes fell on a charming breed.
he loved cockerspanial breed much than any other .his dogs named were TOBBY AND PETER.
3.Ambedkar wrote three scholarly books on economics:
Administration and
Finance of the
East India Company,
The Evolution of
Provincial Finance in
British India
The Problem of the
Rupee: Its
Origin and Its
Solution
2.The
Reserve Bank of India (
RBI), was based on the ideas that Ambedkar presented to the
Hilton Young Commission
1.Ambedkar died in his sleep on
6 December 1956 at his home in
Delhi.A Buddhist cremation was organised for him at
Dadar Chowpatty beach on
7 December, attended by half a million sorrowing people.