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Ambedkar was born on 14 April 1891 in the town and military cantonment of Mhow (now officially known as Dr Ambedkar Nagar, Madhya Pradesh). [9] He was the 14th and last child of Ramji Maloji Sakpal , an army officer who held the rank of Subedar , and Bhimabai Sakpal, daughter of Laxman Murbadkar. [ 10 ]
Konaseema district, (officially Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Konaseema district) is a district in Konaseema region of Andhra Pradesh in India. It is situated between the tributaries of the Godavari River in the Coastal Andhra. It was carved out of East Godavari district on 4 April 2022 by the Government of Andhra Pradesh.
The Buddha and His Dhamma was first published in 1957 in the year following Ambedkar's death on 6 December 1956. Written in English, the book has been translated to many languages, including Hindi, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, Marathi, Malayalam, Bengali and Kannada.
In the essay, Ambedkar criticised the Hindu religion, its caste system and its religious texts which are male dominant and spreading hatred and suppression of female interests. [2] Ambedkar's central argument revolves around the detrimental impact of caste on ethics, morality, and public spirit within Hindu society.
Ambedkar views that definitions of castes given by Émile Senart [5] John Nesfield, H. H. Risley and Dr Ketkar as incomplete or incorrect by itself and all have missed the central point in the mechanism of the caste system. Senart's "idea of pollution" is a characteristic of caste in so far as caste has a religious flavour.
Ranganayakamma (Telugu: రంగనాయకమ్మ) (also known as Muppala Ranganayakamma; born 1939) is an Indian Marxist writer and critic. The main theme in her works is gender equality and the depiction of women's family life in India. She has been writing since 1955. To date, she has written about 15 novels, 70 short stories, and many ...
Ambedkar claims that the application of the word in the Hindu sense is incorrect as it wrongly associates them with the people and culture of the Indo-Aryan society, who committed wrongdoings, such as offending the Brahmins. [4] Ambedkar also discusses Aryan race theory and rejects Indo-Aryan invasion theory [5] in the book. [6]
Ambedkar writes, "They [the Mohammedans] the kept on abusing them and us. The abuse was so vulgar that it had exasperated us." Ambedkar reflects on this episode at the end of the chapter, stating, ''I gave one instance to show that a person who is an untouchable to a Hindu is also an untouchable to a Parsi.