Bhimayana: Incidents in the Life of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
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Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
ISBN
9788189059354
Length
104p., Illustrations; 29cm.
Subjects
What does it mean to be an untouchable in India? Why do some Indians despise the touch of others? Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891-1956), one of India's foremost revolutionaries, recounts his experiences of growing up untouchable and being routinely discriminated against: in school at the age of 10, in Baroda after his return from Columbia University, and while traveling. Battling odds, Ambedkar drafted the Constitution of India and eventually embraced Buddhism. ...