Educational qualification of Dr.Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar or Baba Saheb Ambedkar or B R Ambedkar
Educational qualifications of Dr. B R Ambedkar
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar/ Baba Saheb Ambedkar/ B R Ambedkar
14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956
Birthplace: Madhya Pradesh, his father's working place. Their family's native village was 'Ambadawe' in Ratnagiri district of now in Maharashtra. His surname was changed from original Sakpal to Ambadawekar by his father (Ramji Maloji Sakpal) as per their village name, which was further changed to Ambedkar by his school teacher (Krishnaji Keshav Ambedkar).
1902: Elementary Education, Satara, Maharashtra
1907: Matriculation, , Elphinstone High School, Bombay
1909: Inter, Elphinstone College, Bombay
1913: B.A (Economics & Political Science), Elphinstone College, Bombay, University of Bombay.
Information provided in the page is from this book, Dr. Ambedkar : Life and Mission by Dhananjay Keer
1915: M.A (Majoring in Economics and with Sociology, History Philosophy, Anthropology and Politics) from Columbia University. His M.A. thesis title was 'Ancient Indian Commerce'.
1921: M.Sc., London School of Economics, London. Thesis – ‘Provincial Decentralization of Imperial Finance in British India’
1922: He was called at the Bar by Gray's Inn, London in June 1922. His study period was a) October 1916 to July 1917 and then b) from July 1920. Dr. Ambedkar became Barrister in 1922.
1923: Thesis was resubmitted.
1923: D.Sc. London School of Economics, University of London ‘The Problem of the Rupee – Its origin and its solution’ was accepted for the degree of D.Sc. (Economics). Thesis was published as a book by Messrs. PS Kings and Sons, London. In his thesis he demonstrated how the manipulation of rupee and pound benefited Britishers and created hardships for Indians.
1927: Ph.D. degree was awarded in economics at Columbia, USA for the thesis he submitted in 1916. Ph.D. thesis title was 'The Evolution of Provincial Finance in British India'.
1952: L.L.D (Doctor in Law) (Honoris Causa) Columbia University, New York for his achievements, Leadership and authoring the constitution of India.
Distinctions of Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar/ Baba Saheb Ambedkar
1915 onwards: All his studies abroad was funded by Maharaja of Baroda.
1927: He was the first Indian to get a Doctorate (Ph.D.) degree in Economics from abroad.
1927: Baba Saheb is a honorary title, his followers used to call him out of respect which means Respected father in Marathi.
1947: He was India's first Law Minister
1947: Chairman of drafting committee for Indian Constitution
Dr. Ambedkar came from very humble background, being from dalit family, was affected by untouchability. He never forgot the suffering of his community, eventhough he achieved a lot in life. He continuously worked for the upliftment of women and dalits. He was strongly against the cast system of Hindu Society.
1990: To mark his tremendous contribution to the Indian nation, Dr. B R Ambedkar was posthumously awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna.
2015: Reportedly, in 2015, Colombia university published a list of scholars, who graduated from the university. His name was in the top of the list. Based upon this it is claimed that he is no.1 scholar in the world as per Columbia University, New York. We could not get the list in internet, hence can't confirm.
2021: Only Indian to find a place at Gray’s Inn, London.
The Society of Gray’s Inn, London, which admits Barristers to the Bar of England and Wales, has dedicated a room, “Ambedkar Room” and a colour portrait in the honor of Dr. Ambedkar.
Conclusion
A man with excellent academic record, tremenous perseverence, highly focused, man of words, who never forgot his roots, true visionary, one of few preindependence leaders who is still relevent even after 70 years from his death.
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No school teacher ever changed his name ! Do contact Rajratna Ambedkar his great grand nephew. He had gone personally all the way to the birthplace of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar and later in his school to check the authenticity of this statement and there he found that there was no teacher by the name of Keshav Ambedkar and it was a false propaganda by the haters of Baba Saheb that they falsely wanted to promulgate that his surname was given by a Brahmin teacher. It was a fictitious story created by the credit takers of RSS to take the credit by stating that it was a Brahmin teacher who gave him his surname. It a bogus narrative. Please do not spread such rumors. You may check the YouTube video wherein Rajratna Ambedkar has clearly mentioned the same. And to add more no Indian had ever earned a DSC degree then and BabaSaheb was the most qualified minister in the entire Indian cabinet. Certainly more qualified than M.K Gandhi, Pandit Nehru, Shayama Prasad Mukherjee or Abul Kalam Azad.
ReplyDeleteTo add more BabaSaheb had earned 32 degrees in those days…
Here’s the list …
The most educated and qualified Indian was Babasaheb Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar in the Indian cabinet … In totality he had 32 degrees …
1) Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
2) Master of Arts (M.A.)
3) Master of Science (M.Sc)
4) Bachelor of Laws (L.L.B)
5) Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D)
6) Doctor of Science (D.Sc)
7) Doctor of Literature (D.Litt)
8) Barrister-at-Law (B.L)
9) Master of Laws (L.L.M)
10) M.A in Economics
11) M.Sc in Economics
12) M.A in Sociology
13) M.Sc in Sociology
14) M.A in History
15) M.A in Philosophy
16) M.A. in Politics
17) M.A in Anthropology
18) M.A in Psychology
19) M.A in English Literature
20) M.A in German
21) M.A in Public Administration
22) M.A in Economics
23) M.A in Mathematics
24) M.A in Linguistic
25) M.A in Comparative Religion
26) M.A in Labour Economics
M.A in Law and Justice
M.A in Internation Law
M.A in Sociology in Religion
30) M.A in International Economics
31) M.A in Political Science
32) M.A in Economics of Industry
In addition to this this is the absolute list of his degrees as he is regarded as the
SYMBOL OF KNOWLEDGE by Columbia University , USA.
Babasaheb Dr. B. R. AMBEDKAR
(B.A., MA., M.Sc., D.Sc., Ph.D., L.L.D., D.Litt,
Barrister-at-LAW)
• Elementary Education, 1902 Satara, Maharashtra,
• Matriculation, 1907, Elphinstone High School,
Bombay Persian etc.,
• Inter 1909, Elphinstone College, Bombay Persian and English,
• B.A.(Bachelor of Arts), 1913, Elphinstone College, Bombay, University of Bombay,
Economics & Political Science,
• M.A. (Master of Arts), 1915, Majoring in Economics and other Subjects of Sociology, History, Philosophy,
Anthropology.
Thesis- "Ancient Indian Commerce", Second Thesis (1916) - "National Dividend of India - A Historic and Analytical study" for another M.A.
• Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy), 1927, Columbia University conferred a
Degree of Ph.D.,
Thesis - "Castes in India: Their Mechanism.
Genesis and Development",
• M.Sc. (Master of Science), 1921, London School of Economics, London.
Thesis - "Provincial Decentralization of Imperial Finance in British India".
• Barrister-at-Law (1920) Gray's Inn, London Law. (1922-23, Spent some time in reading economics in the University of
Bonn in Germany.)
• D.Sc. (Doctor of Science), 1923, London School of Economics, London. Thesis - The Problem of the
Rupee - Its origin and its
solution" was accepted for the degree of
D.Sc. (Economics),
• L.L.D. (Doctor of Laws), (Honoris Causa)
1952 Columbia University, New York for his achievements, Leadership and authoring
the constitution of india,
• D.Litt. (Doctor of Literature), (Honoris Causa) 1953 Osmania
University, Hyderabad for his achievements,
Leadership and writing the
CONSTITUTION OF INDIA.
Hope you will update yourself with this information and stop spreading rumors and help the world comprehend the true Genius of this Mahamanav whom people fondly address as BabaSaheb in India.
Thanks! for the correct information.
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