31 Facts About Prakash Ambedkar

1. Prakash Ambedkar had written the most among his contemporary politicians.

2. Prakash Ambedkar are found throughout the world, most notably in India.

3. Prakash Ambedkar passionately believed in individual freedom and criticised caste society.

4. Prakash Ambedkar was bed-ridden from June to October in 1954 due to medication side-effects and poor eyesight.

5. Prakash Ambedkar had called for the Dalits of Nepal to start their struggle to get their rights.

6. Prakash Ambedkar considered converting to Sikhism, which encouraged opposition to oppression and so appealed to leaders of scheduled castes.

7. Prakash Ambedkar was the first Indian to pursue a doctorate in economics abroad.

8. Prakash Ambedkar opposed Article 370 of the Constitution of India, which granted a special status to the State of Jammu and Kashmir, and which was included against his wishes.

9. Prakash Ambedkar disputed various hypotheses of the Aryan homeland being outside India, and concluded the Aryan homeland was India itself.

10. Prakash Ambedkar viewed Shudras as originally being "part of the Kshatriya Varna in the Indo-Aryan society", but became socially degraded after they inflicted many tyrannies on Brahmins.

11. Prakash Ambedkar tried to enter Lok Sabha again in the by-election of 1954 from Bhandara, but he placed third.

12. Prakash Ambedkar contested for Lok Sabha in the Bombay North constituency in the first Indian General Election of 1952, but lost to his former assistant and Congress Party candidate Narayan Kajrolkar.

13. Prakash Ambedkar sought Gandhi's help to get a berth in Nehru's cabinet in independent India.

14. Prakash Ambedkar thought the Muslims could have no objection to redrawing provincial boundaries.

15. Prakash Ambedkar proposed that the provincial boundaries of Punjab and Bengal should be redrawn to separate the Muslim and non-Muslim majority parts.

16. Prakash Ambedkar published his book Annihilation of Caste on 15 May 1936.

17. In 1935, Prakash Ambedkar was appointed principal of the Government Law College, Bombay, a position he held for two years.

18. In 1930, Prakash Ambedkar launched Kalaram Temple movement after three months of preparation.

19. Prakash Ambedkar began a struggle for the right to enter Hindu temples.

20. Prakash Ambedkar was appointed to the Bombay Presidency Committee to work with the all-European Simon Commission in 1925.

21. At this hearing, Prakash Ambedkar argued for creating separate electorates and reservations for untouchables and other religious communities.

22. Prakash Ambedkar was appointed Military Secretary to the Gaikwad but had to quit in a short time.

23. Prakash Ambedkar returned at the first opportunity, and completed a master's degree in 1921.

24. Prakash Ambedkar was influenced by John Dewey and his work on democracy.

25. In 1913, Prakash Ambedkar moved to the United States at the age of 22.

26. Prakash Ambedkar was born into a poor low Mahar caste, who were treated as untouchables and subjected to socio-economic discrimination.

27. Prakash Ambedkar was born on 14 April 1891 in the town and military cantonment of Mhow in the Central Provinces (now in Madhya Pradesh).

28. Prakash Ambedkar was a prolific student earning doctorates in economics from both Columbia University and the London School of Economics and gained a reputation as a scholar for his research in law, economics, and political science.

29. Prakash Ambedkar has served in both houses of the Indian Parliament.

30. Prakash Ambedkar has twice represented the Lok Sabha constituency of Akola, Maharashtra, India.

31. Prakash Ambedkar was a member of the 13th Lok Sabha of India.