Ambedkar Jayanti 2024: History, date, significance and other key details
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, popularly known as Babasaheb Ambedkar, is widely revered as the architects of the Indian Constitution. Dr. Ambedkar was appointed as India's first Law Minister in the Cabinet of Jawaharlal Nehru. He was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour in 1990. The birthday of this great individual is celebrated as Ambedkar Jayanti.
Ambedkar Jayanti 2024: Date and History
The Ambedkar Jayanti is celebration with great enthusiasm around the country on April 14 annually. He was born on April 14, 1891 at Mhow near Indore in the then Central Province, now Madhya Pradesh. For the first time, activist Janardan Sadashiv Ranapisay celebrated Ambedkar’s birthday publicly on 14 April 1928 in Pune. Since then, this day is celebrated as Ambedkar Jayanti or Bhim Jayanti. From a humble origin, Dr Ambedkar went on to become one of the foremost legal minds in the country. On March 31, 20211, the Government of India decided to declare April 14 as a public holiday on account of the birthday of Dr BR Ambedkar.
Ambedkar Jayanti 2024: Significance
After returning to India from his studies abroad, Bhimrao Ambedkar observed that caste discrimination was almost fragmenting the Nation. For the upliftment of the downtrodden, Ambedkar provided reservations for Dalits and other religious communities.
In 1923, he set up the 'Bahishkrit Hitkarini Sabha (Outcastes Welfare Association), for spreading education and culture amongst the downtrodden, improving the economic status and raising matters
