Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (14 ʻApelila 1891 - 6 Kekemapa 1956), i kapa ʻia ʻo Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, he akeakamai India, jurist, economist, politician a me social reformer. Ua hoʻoikaika ʻo ia i ka neʻe ʻana o ka Buddhist Dalit a neʻe e kūʻē aku i ka hoʻokae kūwaho i nā mea pili ʻole (Dalits). Kākoʻo pū ʻo ia i nā pono o nā wahine a me nā hana. He kūʻokoʻa ʻo ia no ke Kuhina mua mua o ke Kānāwai a me ka Hoʻokolokolo, ka mea hoʻolālā o ke Kumukanawai o India, a me ka makua hoʻokumu o ka Lepupalika ʻo India.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

B. R. Ambedkar

I 1956, ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i kahi hoʻohuli lehulehu o Dalits, e hoʻohuli ana i Buddhism me nā mea kākoʻo 600,000. Ua hoʻāla hou ʻo ia i ka Buddhism ma India. Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Ambedkar ma ke ʻano he bodhisattva, a me ka Maitreya, i waena o nā Buddhist Navayana.[7][8][9][10]

I ka makahiki 1990, ka Bharat Ratna, ka makana kiwila kiʻekiʻe loa o India, i hāʻawi ʻia ma hope iā Ambedkar. ʻO kā Ambedkar hoʻoilina hoʻoilina me nā hoʻomanaʻo hoʻomanaʻo a me nā hōʻike i ka moʻomeheu kaulana. ʻO ka hoʻoilina a Ambedkar ma ke ʻano he reformer socio-politika, kahi hopena hohonu i India hou.[11][12]

Ua koho ʻia ʻo Ambedkar "ke ʻInikia Nui" (The greatest Indian) i ka makahiki 2012 e kahi balota i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e History TV18 a me CNN IBN.[13]

ʻO Ambedkar Jayanti (ka lā hānau o Ambedkar) kahi hoʻolauleʻa makahiki i hoʻolauleʻa ʻia ma ka 14 ʻApelila, i hoʻolauleʻa ʻia ʻaʻole ma India wale nō akā ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa. Hoʻolauleʻa ʻia ʻo Ambedkar Jayanti ma ke ʻano he lā nui lehulehu ma waena o India.[14][15][16] Ua hoʻolauleʻa ka United Nations iā Ambedkar Jayanti ma 2016, 2017 a me 2018.[17][18][19]

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  14. http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02est/12_6_2015_JCA-2-19032015.pdf Anakuhi:Webarchive Ambedkar Jayanti from ccis.nic.in on 19 March 2015
  15. http://persmin.gov.in/ Webpage of Ministry of Personnel and Public Grievance & Pension
  16. 125th Dr. Ambedkar Birthday Celebrations Around the World. mea.gov.in
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  18. "UN celebrates Ambedkar's legacy 'fighting inequality, inspiring inclusion'". The New Indian Express.  Unknown parameter |access-date= ignored (help)
  19. "संयुक्त राष्ट्र में मनाई गई डॉ. बाबासाहेब भीमराव आंबेडकर जयंती - News State". newsstate.com (in English).  Unknown parameter |access-date= ignored (help)