Ambedkar

 Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (IPA: [bhɪməɑo ɹæmdʒi ɑmbɛdkɑə]; 14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956) was an Indian jurist, economist, and social reformer who fought economic and social discrimination against the untouchables (now known as dalits) in India's Hindu society, and who later renounced Hinduism and inspired the Dalit Buddhist movement. Ambedkar served as chairman of the drafting committee of the Constitution of India, and Minister of Law and Justice in the first cabinet of Jawaharlal Nehru from 1947 to 1951. He is also referred to by the honorific Babasaheb (BAH-bə SAH-hayb).

B. R. Ambedkar
Ambedkar in the 1950s
Member of Parliament of Rajya Sabha for Bombay State[1]
In office 3 April 1952 – 6 December 1956
President	Rajendra Prasad
Prime Minister	Jawaharlal Nehru
1st Minister of Law and Justice
In office 15 August 1947 – 6 October 1951
President	Rajendra Prasad
Governor General	Louis Mountbatten C. Rajagopalachari
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
Member of the Constituent Assembly of India[2][3]
In office 9 December 1946 – 24 January 1950
Constituency	• Bengal Province (1946–47)  • Bombay Province (1947–50)
Minister of Labour in Viceroy's Executive Council[4][5]
In office 22 July 1942 – 20 October 1946
Governor General	The Marquess of Linlithgow The Viscount Wavell
Preceded by	Feroz Khan Noon
Leader of the Opposition in the Bombay Legislative Assembly[6][7]
In office 1937–1942
Member of the Bombay Legislative Assembly[6][7]
In office 1937–1942
Constituency	Bombay City (Byculla and Parel) General Urban		G..Vignesh, DPMT, 1st year