Ambedkar was born on April 14, 1891 to the Ramji Maloji Sakpal and Bhimabai in a poor Mahar family in Mhow, Central Provinces, British India (Madhya Pradesh). He died on December, 6 in 1956 at the age of 65.
He was popular among the people by the name ‘Babasaheb’ because of his great contribution towards the Indian society. He served throughout his life as a jurist, philosopher, social activist, politician, historian, anthropologist and economist as well as revivalist for the Buddhism in India. He became the first law minister of the Independent India and drafted the Constitution of India.
He struggled throughout his life for eradicating the casteism and social discrimination in India. He converted to Buddhism to inspire the lower group people for which he was addressed as a Bodhisattva by the Indian Buddhists.
After passing his matriculation examination in 1907 he successfully succeeded to other exams. He got his economics and political science degree in 1912 from the Bombay University.
He went to the United States 1913 to complete his postgraduate education at the Columbia University in New York City after getting awarded with the Baroda State Scholarship of £11.50 every month for 3 years.
He completed his M.A. exam in 1915 and Ph.D. degree in Economics in 1917. He again completed his Master’s degree from the London School of Economics in 1921 and D.Sc. in Economics in 1923.
He established the “Bahishkrit Hitkarini Sabha” in the year 1923 in India aiming to spread the necessity of education as well as enhancing the economic status of the low group people of India. He was deeply involved in making legal changes in order to protect the low class people rights during his Membership of Viceroy’s Executive Council in 1942.
He paid his major contribution by protecting the Fundamental Rights (for the social freedom, equality and eradication of untouchability for low group people) and Directive Principles (enhancing the living status by securing the fair distribution of wealth) of State Policy in the Indian Constitution.
He also played his role in planning the Indian economy as he got his Economics doctorate degree from abroad. He encouraged people for the growth and development of the industrialization and agricultural industry to enhance the economy of country.
He had given ideas to the government for accomplishing the food security goal. He encouraged people for good education, hygiene and community health as their basic requirement. He had established the Finance Commission of India.
He continued his social revolution till the end of his life through Buddhism. He was honoured with the Bharat Ratna in 1990.