B. R. Ambedkar

The following things have been named after Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, an Indian jurist, economist, politician and Social Reformer, who inspired the Dalit Buddhist movement and campaigned against social discrimination towards the untouchables (Dalits) and founded Navayana Buddhism.

Airports

• Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport – Nagpur, Maharashtra
• Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Airstrip – Meerut, Uttar Pradesh

Awards and prizes

Places

Holidays

• Ambedkar Jayanti

Hospitals

• Tripura Medical College & Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Memorial Teaching Hospital
• Ambedkar Nagar Hospital, Delhi
• Dr.babasaheb Ambedkar Memorial Hospital Raipur, Chhattisgarh
• Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Medical College And Hospital Rohini,Delhi
• Dr.Ambedkar Hospital And Research Center,Nagpur
• Dr.babasaheb Ambedkar Memorial Central Railway Hospital Bykhalla, Mumbai
• Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar General Hospital Kandivali, Mumbai
• Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Medical College And Hospital Bangalore
• Dr.Bhimrao Ambedkar Multispeciality Hospital Govt.hospital in Noida,(Uttar Pradesh)

Memorials, museums, parks, buildings

Statue of B. R. Ambedkar, Vidhana Soudha, Bangalore

Movies And serials

Stadium

• Bharat Ratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Stadium — Baramati, Maharashtra
• Dr. Ambedkar Stadium — New Delhi
• Dr. Ambedkar Stadium — Karnataka
• Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar International Sports Stadium — Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh

Political parties and organisations

• Ambedkar International Center
• Ambedkar Makkal Iyakkam
• Ambedkar National Congress
• Ambedkar Samaj Party
• Ambedkar Students' Association
• Ambedkarite Party of India
• Bahujan Samaj Party (Ambedkar)
• Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students' Association
• Bhim Army
• Bhim Sena
• Bahujan mukti morcha

Station

• Ambedkar Nagar monorail station — Mumbai, Maharashtra
• Dr. Ambedkar Nagar railway station — Dr. Ambedkar Nagar (Mhow), Madhya Pradesh
• Dr. B.R. Ambedkar station, Vidhana Soudha — Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru, Karnataka
• Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Balanagar metro station-Hyderabad, Telangana

University

1. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi – Delhi
2. Dr. Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University – Muzaffarpur, Bihar
3. Dr. Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University – Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
4. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Law University – Sonipat, Haryana
5. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University – Hyderabad, Telangana
6. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Srikakulam – Etcherla, Andhra Pradesh
7. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University of Social Sciences – Dr. Ambedkar Nagar (Mhow), Dongargaon, Madhya Pradesh
8. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University – Aurangabad, Maharashtra
9. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University – Ahmedabad, Gujarat
10. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University – Lonere, Maharashtra
11. Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Law University – Jaipur, Rajasthan^[2]
12. Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University – Agra, Uttar Pradesh
13. Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University – Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Schools, colleges and research institutes

In popular culture

Dr.B.R. Ambedkar's birthday Ambedkar Jayanti is celebrated every year on 14th April as a big festival all over India. This is the biggest festival for Every Indian and also for the Buddhists of Maharashtra . Ambedkar Jayanti is celebrated as Knowledge Day by the Government of Maharashtra. [192] [193] [194] Because Dr. Ambedkar, a polymath , is considered a "symbol of knowledge ". [195] [196] [197]This day has been declared as a public holiday all over India. Honorable tributes are paid every year by the President and Prime Minister of India (including leaders of other political parties) to his statue in New Delhi, Parliament. Buddhists, Dalits and other Ambedkarite people greet him like a god by keeping his idol or picture in front of his house. On this day, people parade their idols in front of them, they also enjoy dancing by playing drums. Apart from India, Ambedkar Jayanti is celebrated in more than 65 countries of the world. In 2016, Ambedkar's 125th birth anniversary was celebrated in 102 countries and at the United Nations , [198] [199] where the United Nations called him the 'Father of the World'. [200] [201]The United Nations has been celebrating Ambedkar Jayanti since 2016. [202] [203] The first birth anniversary of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was celebrated by Sadashiv Ranpise on 14 April 1928 in Pune . Ranpise was a follower of Ambedkar. He started the practice of Ambedkar Jayanti and on this occasion many rallies were taken out in a chariot and on a camel by placing Babasaheb's statue in the ambari of an elephant. [204] [205]

Maharashtra Government has declared Ambedkar's School Admission Day, November 7, as Vidyarthi Divas , which is celebrated in every school and junior college in the state. Because despite being a great scholar, Ambedkar remained a student throughout his life. [206] [207] Various programs including lectures, essays, competitions, quiz competitions, poetry recitations based on Ambedkar's life are organized in all the schools and junior colleges of Maharashtra. [208] [209]

Indian Constitution Day (National Law Day) is celebrated on 26 November in honor of Ambedkar . The first formal Constitution Day was celebrated on 26 November 2015, as per the instructions of the Government of India , the 125th birth anniversary of Ambedkar. [210] The day 26 November has been chosen to spread the importance of the Constitution and to spread the ideas and concepts of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar.

Vandalism of Ambedkar statues

People often protest vandalism of Ambedkar statues,^[4][5][6] with the 2006 Dalit protests in Maharashtra being a notable instance.^[7] Another such protest led to the 1997 Ramabai killings.

References

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