| Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was born on 14 April 1891 in Mhow (M.P.) now known as Dr Ambedkar Nagar. His original name was Bhiva Ramji Sakpal. |
| He graduated from Elphinstone College, Bombay and studied economics at Columbia University, New York and London School of Economics. He also studied law at Gray's Inn London. |
| He was the Chairman of Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly set up to write the Constitution of India |
| He served as the Law and Justice Minister in the first cabinet of Jawaharlal Nehru. He established the Finance Commission to address the fiscal imbalances between the Centre and States. |
| Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award was conferred on him posthumously in 1990. |
| His autobiography is titled Waiting for a Visa. |
| He published the weekly journal Mooknayak. |
| He established an institution name Bahishkrit Hitakarini Sabha in Bombay in 1924, to remove difficulties of untouchables and place their grievances before government. |
| He attended all the three Round Table Conferences representing Depressed Classes |
| He founded the Independent Labour Party in 1936, which contested the 1937 elections to the Central Legislative Assembly. |
| He converted to Buddhism on 16 October 1956, less than 2 months before his death. |
| Some of the books written are Annihilation of Caste, Who were the Shudras, The Problem of the Rupee - Its origin and its solution, The Philosophy of Hinduism |
| He passed away on 06 December 1956 and was laid to rest at Chaitya Bhumi, Mumbai. |