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Ambedkar was Commemorated 08/12/2009

B.R. Ambedkar, the legendary leader of Indian Dalit communities, was commemorated in the 53rd year of his death. Thousands of Dalits attended to the commemorative ceremony which was organized in Lucknow, the center of Uttar Pradesh province. In the commemorative ceremony organized by Bahujan Samaj Party, Mayavati, the head of the party and the prime minister or the country, spoke about the importance of Ambedkar for Dalits.

The ceremony was performed in front of the sculpture of Ambedkar in Lucknow, on the 6th of December, the day of his death. Due to efforts of Bahujan Samaj Party, Dalits from different provinces of India came to Lucknow. Commemorative ceremony brought the NGO’s from the different parts of the country together.

B.R. Ambedkar was born in 1891 as the fourteenth child of a Dalit family. During his life, he struggled against discrimination among the casts. As the first Dalit who could go to the university in India, he finished BA in the department of law, PHD in the departments of anthropology, economy and political science. After his entrance to university in 1907, Ambedkar struggled against discrimination through organizing meetings and issuing journals. In 1919, Ambedkar was invited by the government for his contribution to the workings for the first constitution of India. He actively worked on the arrangements about the discrimination and poverty. After finishing the PHD programs in USA and England due to the bursaries, Ambedkar turned back to his country and he had actively organized massive movements against the discrimination among the castes and struggled for the rights of Dalits for entering the temples and reaching the water, since 1927. During this period, as a contribution to the constitution, he wrote about the demands of Dalits. In 1936, Ambedkar founded Independent Workers’ Party. He also became the first Minister of Justice in 1947.