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| Biographies of Great Indians & Hindus |
Dr.B.R.AMBEDKAR |
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| Injustice
and Humiliation AgainAmbedkar was given a high
post Baroda. He had a doctorate, he held a high office – but from the moment he set
foot in India he felt the sting of ‘untouchability.’ No one came to welcome him,
when he reached Baroda. Worse still, even the servants in the office would not hand over
the files to him; they threw the files at him. No one in the office would give him water
to drink. He could not get a house to live in. Even though he complained to the Maharaja,
it was useless. Even non-Hindu did not treat him properly.
The fire of wrath against the Hindus blazed in Ambedkar’s mind. He returned to Bombay in a few days. In 1920, Ambedkar left for London for higher studies. The British Museum in London has a very good library. It used to open at eight in the morning, and every day Ambedkar would be there by eight. He read till five o’clock. In London he came to know a student called Asnodkar. He belonged to a rich family. He was not interested in study. Ambedkar said to him, "Your people may have made plenty of money. But think, you have born a man, what are you going to achieve? The Goddess of Learning will not come to you whenever you want. We must get her blessings when she comes." In 1922 Ambedkar became a barrister and the nest year he came back to India. |
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