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B. R. Ambedkar

Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q322132&amp;oldid=2550171038" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bharat Ratna
Notable work: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q16134186&amp;oldid=2551199596" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Annihilation of Caste
Public office: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q17324844&amp;oldid=2302741519" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">member of Rajya Sabha · from 1952-04-03 · to 1956-12-06
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q49088&amp;oldid=2564982848" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Columbia University
Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q11804721&amp;oldid=2534374593" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Greatest Indian
Notable work: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q5049866&amp;oldid=2451972428" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Castes in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development

Wikidata describes B. R. Ambedkar as Indian jurist, economist, and social reformer (1891–1956).

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