21 Famous & Inspirational Quotes By "Dr. B.R Ambedkar" That Will Make Your Day & Achieve Big in Life

Tanish Verma
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Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (14 April 1891 - 6 December 1956), also known as Basahebheb Ambedkar was an Indian polymath - a philosopher, jurist, economist, politician, social reformer, journalist, writer, sociologist and scholar of nature. He promoted the Dalit Buddhist movement and campaigned against racism in the non-Dalits. 

He was the British Labour Minister at Viceroy's Executive Council, the Chairman of the Constituent Drafting Committee, the Indian Independent Minister of Justice, and considered to be the chief architect of the Indian Constitution.

Ambedkar was an active student, earning a doctorate in economics from Columbia University and the London School of Economics, earning a reputation as an expert in his research in law, economics and political science. In his early career, he was an economist, professor, and lawyer. 

His later life was marked by his political activities; participated in India's campaigns and negotiations, published magazines, promoted the political and social rights of the Dalits and made a significant contribution to the founding of India.

 Early life

Ambedkar was born on April 14, 1891, in the town and at the corner of the Mow (now officially known as Dr Ambedkar Nagar) in the central provinces (now Madhya Pradesh). He was the 14th and last child of Ramji Maloji Sakpal, the military commander in charge of Subedar, and Bhimabai Sakpal, the daughter of Laxman Murbadkar. 

His family belonged to the Marathi area from the town of Ambadawe (Mandangad taluka) in Ratnagiri district in the present-day Maharashtra region. Ambedkar was born in the Mahar (Dalit) sect, who were treated as untouchables and socially and economically discriminated against. Ambedkar's ancestors had served in the British East India Company for a long time, and his father had served in the British Indian Army in the Show of State. Although attending school, Ambedkar and other unaffected children were isolated and ignored or assisted by teachers. They were not allowed to stay inside the classroom. 

When they needed to drink water, someone from the upper classes had to pour the water out of the water because they were not allowed to touch the water or the boat in it. This job was usually done for young Ambedkar by a school investigator, and if the pension was not available, he had to go without water; he described the situation later in his writings as "No peon, No Water".

 

Drafting of the Constitution of India

When India became independent on August 15, 1947, a new Congress-led government invited Ambedkar to serve as the country's first Minister of Justice, and he accepted. On August 29, he was elected Chairman of the Constitutional Planning Committee, and was appointed by Parliament to draft a new Constitution for India.

Granville Austin described the Indian Constitution was written by Ambedkar as 'the first and most important document'. "The great provision of the Indian constitution has come directly to further the cause of social change or to try to promote this change by creating the conditions necessary for it to be achieved."

The document prepared by Ambedkar provided guarantees and constitutional protections for the various forms of civil liberties for each citizen, including religious freedom, the abolition of intellectual property, and the prohibition of all forms of discrimination. Ambedkar challenged the great economic and social rights of women and won the support of Parliament to introduce a system of job placement in public services, schools and colleges for members of organized and international organizations and the Other Backward Class, a process that goes hand in hand with consent. 

Indian legislators hoped to end social and economic inequality and the lack of opportunities for India's oppressed sections through these measures. The Constitution was adopted on 26 November 1949 by the Electoral Commission.

Conversion to Buddhism

Ambedkar considered converting to Sikhism, which encouraged opposition and therefore appealed to the leaders of organized groups. But after meeting with Sikh leaders, he concluded that he might get a second Sikh status.

Instead, about 1950, he turned his attention to Buddhism and travelled to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) to attend the World Fellowship of the Buddhist religion. While handing over a new Buddhist vihara near Pune, Ambedkar announced that he was writing a book on Buddhism and that once completed, he would officially convert to Buddhism.

Let's take a look at the amazing quotes deliverd by B.R Ambedkar:

1. It is not enough to be electors only. It is necessary to be law-makers; otherwise those who can be law-makers will be the masters of those who can only be electors.


2. A safe army is better than a safe border.

3. A bitter thing cannot be made sweet. The taste of anything can be changed. But poison cannot be changed into nectar.

4. So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.

5. 
Constitution is not a mere lawyers document, it is a vehicle of Life, and its spirit is always the spirit of Age.

6. Though, I was born a Hindu, I solemnly assure you that I will not die as a Hindu.

7. Equality may be a fiction but nonetheless one must accept it as a governing principle.

8. Indifferentism is the worst kind of disease that can affect people.

9. Law and order are the medicine of the politic body and when the politic body gets sick, medicine must be administered.

10. A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.

11. 
Every man who repeats the dogma of Mill that one country is no fit to rule another country must admit that one class is not fit to rule another class.

12. Men are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise both will wither and die.

13. I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.

14. If you believe in living a respectable life, you believe in self-help which is the best help

15. Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.

16. If I find the constitution being misused, I shall be the first to burn it.

17. Life should be great rather than long.

18. I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.

19. Be Educated, Be Organised and Be Agitated

20. 
They cannot make history who forget history. 

21. In short justice is another name of liberty, equality and fraternity.


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