Noida: Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar’s birth anniversary is a day of pride for India. Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar’s birth anniversary is celebrated every year on April 14. Due to Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar’s birth anniversary, 14 April has become a day of pride for every Indian. On 14 April 2024, the whole of India is celebrating the 134th birth anniversary of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar. On the occasion of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar’s birth anniversary, it is also vital to know Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar properly.
Three big inspiring incidents are associated with Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar
In his lifetime, Dr Ambedkar has worked not only for the upliftment of Dalits but also for other exploited sections of society. This incident is from before independence. In the year 1943, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar was included in the Viceroy Council and was made the Labor Minister. The Public Works Department (PWD) was also with him. The budget of this department was in crores even at that time and there was competition among contractors to get its contract. In this greed, a big contractor in Delhi sent his son to Babasaheb’s son Yashwant Rao and offered to make him his partner and give him a commission of 25 per cent to 50 per cent if he gets the contract through Babasaheb. Yashwant Rao fell into his trap and went to give this message to his father. As soon as Babasaheb heard this, he became furious. He said that I have come here only with the aim of upliftment of the society. I have not come to raise my child. Such greed cannot deter me from my aim and the same night Yashwant was sent back to Mumbai on an empty stomach.
Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar had the largest private library in the world
Dr Ambedkar suffered a lot in his life but never let his education get affected. He used to study for 14 to 18 hours every day. It was the result of his passion for education and hard work that Shahu Maharaj Ji of Baroda sent him to England for higher education. Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar was very fond of reading books. It is believed that his library was the largest personal library in the world, which had more than 50 thousand books. During his stay in London, he used to go to a library every day and study for hours. Once he was sitting alone in the library eating a piece of bread during lunchtime when the librarian saw him and started scolding him for eating food here secretly instead of going to the cafeteria. The librarian threatened to impose a fine on him and cancel his membership. Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar apologized to the librarian and told him about his and his society’s struggle and the reason for coming to England. He also admitted very honestly that he did not have enough money to go to the cafeteria and have lunch. After listening to him, the librarian said – from today you will not sit here during the lunch hour, you will go to the cafeteria with me and I will share my food with you. That librarian was a Jew and due to this behavior of his, a special place was created for Jews in Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar’s heart.
The third inspiring incident in the life of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar
This incident happened when Dr Ambedkar was studying at Columbia University in America. He used to reach the library every morning before it opened and would leave only after everyone had left. Many times, he would even ask for permission to sit there even after the library timings were over. Seeing him doing this every day, one day the peon said to him, why do you always remain serious, you just keep studying and never have fun with any friend. Then Baba Saheb said- “If I do this, then who will take care of my people?” After listening to Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, that peon from America became a disciple of Baba Saheb for life.
15 facts given here about him –
1: Bhimrao Ambedkar was the fourteenth and last child of his parents.
2: Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar’s ancestors were employed in the British East India Company for a long time and his father was posted in the Mhow cantonment of the British Indian Army.
3: Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar’s original name was Ambavadekar. But his teacher Mahadev Ambedkar, who respected him a lot, changed his name from Ambavadekar to Ambedkar in the school records.
4: Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar, popularly known as Babasaheb, worked as the principal of the Government Law College in Mumbai for two years.
5: In today’s context, it is a big thing that Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar was against Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
6: Babasaheb Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar was the first Indian to go abroad and obtain a doctorate in economics.
7: Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar suffered badly from diabetes in his later years.
8: Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar is the only Indian whose portrait is displayed along with Karl Marx in the London Museum.
9: Dr Bhimra is also credited with giving place to Ashoka Chakra in the Indian flag This credit goes to Dr. Ambedkar.
10: B R Ambedkar was a member of the Viceroy’s Economic Council and it was because of him that the rule of working for a minimum of 12 to 14 hours in factories was changed to just 8 hours.
11: Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar made laws like Maternity Benefits for Women Labor, the Women Labor Welfare Fund, Women and Child, and Labor Protection Act which are helpful for women workers.
12: Economics · It is said about Nobel Prize-winning economist Prof. Amartya Sen that he considers Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar as his guru in economics.
13: For better development, in the 50s itself, Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar proposed the division of Madhya Pradesh and Bihar. Everyone knows that later the Government of India divided Madhya Pradesh and Bihar in the year 2000 and formed Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand in the year 2000.
14: Babasaheb Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar was very fond of reading books. It is believed that his personal library was the largest personal library in the world, which had more than 50 thousand books.
15: Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar had two marriages, the first marriage was with a 9-year-old girl Ramabai. Baba Saheb was only 15 years old then and the second marriage was after Ramabai’s death, due to health issues, he got married to Dr. Sharda Kabir at the age of 57.
No matter how much is written about Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, it will be less
Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar was such a great leader that thousands of books have been written on him. For a long time, the Dalit community of India considered Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar as their ideal. Due to the books written on him, the entire conduct and personality of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar came before the world. This is the reason that at present every section of India, all the political parties of India, and all the leaders of India consider Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar as a true patriot of the country.