BR Ambedkar Brief Bio-data

Member of parliament (Rajya Sabha) for Bombay State
In office
3 April 1952 – 6 December 1956
1st Minister of Law and Justice
In office
15 August 1947 – September 1951
President Rajendra Prasad
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru
Preceded by Position established
Succeeded by Charu Chandra Biswas
Chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee
In office
29 August 1947 – 24 January 1950
Labour Member, Viceroy's Executive Council
In office
1942–1946
Preceded by Feroz Khan Noon
Member of Bombay Legislative Assembly
In office
1937–1942
Constituency Bombay City (Byculla & Parel) General Urban
Personal details
Born Bhiva Ramji Ambedkar
14 April 1891
Mhow, Central Provinces, British India 
(now in Dr. Ambedkar Nagar, Madhya Pradesh, India)
Died 6 December 1956 (aged 65)
Delhi, India
Resting place Chaitya Bhoomi, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality Indian
Political party • Independent Labour Party
 • Scheduled Castes Federation
Other political
affiliations Republican Party of India
Spouse(s)
Ramabai Ambedkar
(m. 1906; died 1935)
Savita Ambedkar (m. 1948)
Children
YashawantRameshGangadharRajaratnaIndu
Parents
Ramji Maloji Sakpal (father)
Bhimabai Ramji Sakpal (mother)
Relatives See Ambedkar family
Residence • Rajgruha, Dadar, Mumbai
• 26 Alipur road, New Delhi
Education B.A. (1913) 
M.A. (twice, 1915 & 1916) 
Ph.D. (1916, awarded in 1927) 
M.Sc. (1921) 
Barrister-at-law (1922) 
D.Sc. (1923) 
LL.D. (1952, hon.) 
D.Litt. (1953, hon.)
Alma mater
University of Mumbai
Columbia University
London School of Economics
Gray's Inn
Occupation Lawyer and Professor
Profession Jurist, economist, politician, social reformer, anthropologist, author, historian, sociologist, social scientist, educationist, freedom fighter, journalist, human rights activist, philosopher
Known for Dalit rights movement, Constitution of India, Dalit Buddhist movement, Ambedkarism
Awards Bharat Ratna (posthumously in 1990)
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