The High Commission of India in London marked the 136th birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna Dr B R Ambedkar with floral tributes and reflections upon Babasaheb's message of equality for all.
A solemn event at Ambedkar Hall in India House on Wednesday evening resonated with poetic renditions in praise of the far-reaching socio-economic contributions of the principal architect of the Indian Constitution by members of the Federation of Ambedkarite and Buddhist Organisations UK, students and community leaders.
Vikram Doraiswami, addressing one of his final events as India's High Commissioner to the UK, said Dr Ambedkar's message of treating people equally is central to a modern nation.
The senior diplomat reflected upon the visionary social reformer's legacy of producing a Constitution soon after Independence that made India the first in the world to become a democracy for all people in conditions of dire poverty.
Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was born on April 14, 1891 in Mhow Cantonment – now officially named Dr Ambedkar Nagar – in Madhya Pradesh and his birth anniversary is marked annually at Prerna Sthal within Parliament House premises in Delhi and at Indian missions worldwide.
