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B.R. Ambedkar was a 19th-century Indian jurist, economist, politician and social reformer. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and political leader who chaired the committee that drafted the Constitution of India based on the debates of the Constituent Assembly of India and the first draft of Sir Benegal Narsing Rau. Ambedkar served as Law and Justice minister in the first cabinet of Jawaharlal Nehru. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Politics — Governance, civic duty, and the structures of power

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