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B. R. Ambedkar

1891 - 1956

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Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Bhīmrāo Rāmjī Āmbēḍkar; 14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956) was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and political leader who headed the committee drafting the Constitution of India from the Constituent Assembly debates, served as Law and Justice minister in the first cabinet of Jawaharlal Nehru, and inspired the Dalit Buddhist movement after renouncing Hinduism. After graduating from Elphinstone College, University of Bombay, Ambedkar studied economics at Columbia University and the London School of Economics, receiving doctorates in 1927 and 1923, respectively, and was among a handful of Indian students to have done so at either institution in the 1920s. He also trained in the law at Gray's Inn, London. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of B. R. Ambedkar has received more than 29,235,302 page views. His biography is available in 122 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2019). B. R. Ambedkar is the 326th most popular politician (up from 1,013th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from India (up from 28th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Indian Politician.

Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was an Indian jurist, economist, politician, and social reformer who inspired the Dalit Buddhist movement and campaigned against social discrimination against Untouchables (Dalits). He was Independent India's first law minister and the principal architect of the Constitution of India.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, B. R. Ambedkar ranks 326 out of 15,577Before him are Julian, Abdul Hamid I, Louis XII of France, Edward Heath, Semiramis, and Edward I of England. After him are Numa Pompilius, Edward V of England, Charles VIII of France, Qianlong Emperor, Leopold II of Belgium, and Louis XI of France.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, B. R. Ambedkar ranks 5Before him are Karl Dönitz, Erwin Rommel, Antonio Gramsci, and Sergei Prokofiev. After him are Mikhail Bulgakov, Walter Model, James Chadwick, Max Ernst, Edith Stein, Nelly Sachs, and Henry Miller. Among people deceased in 1956, B. R. Ambedkar ranks 3Before him are Bertolt Brecht and Irène Joliot-Curie. After him are Jackson Pollock, Konstantin von Neurath, Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, Pietro Badoglio, Jules Rimet, Frederick Soddy, Robert Walser, Emil Nolde, and Lucien Febvre.

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In India

Among people born in India, B. R. Ambedkar ranks 13 out of 1,493Before him are Rabindranath Tagore (1861), Amitabh Bachchan (1942), A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931), Jawaharlal Nehru (1889), Vivien Leigh (1913), and Ramakrishna (1836). After him are Nagarjuna (150), Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887), Rudyard Kipling (1865), Indira Gandhi (1917), Kālidāsa (400), and Shivaji (1627).

Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, B. R. Ambedkar ranks 5Before him are Ashoka (-304), Narendra Modi (1950), A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931), and Jawaharlal Nehru (1889). After him are Indira Gandhi (1917), Shivaji (1627), Chandragupta Maurya (-340), Subhas Chandra Bose (1897), Aurangzeb (1618), Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888), and Rani of Jhansi (1828).