Ambedkar

[ahm-bed-kahr]

noun

1. Bhimrao Ramji 1893–1956, Indian politician and jurist.

Example Sentences

Back in 1949, BR Ambedkar, architect of the constitution, cautioned Indians against surrendering their freedoms to a "great leader".

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It's a reference to Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, a Dalit icon and the architect of India's constitution, while Sherni means lioness in Urdu.

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"I look upon Ambedkar as a father figure. So, I am my father's lioness," she says.

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"I started educating myself about Ambedkar's teachings and caste politics, slowly I found a whole community of like-minded Dalits online," she told me.

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A resident of Ambedkar Nagar, a low-income settlement in the shadows of the lavish headquarters of multiple global software companies in Bengaluru’s Whitefield neighborhood, Muthuvel is normally reliant on piped water, sourced from groundwater.

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