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Amazing facts about Dr. B.R Ambedkar 

Fact 1: Bhimrao Ambedkar was the fourteenth and the last child of his parents.

Fact 2: Dr. Ambedkar's ancestor was employed in British East India Company for a considerable time and his father was posted in the Mhow Cantonment in the British Indian Army.
Fact 3: The original name of Dr. Ambedkar was Ambawadekar. But his teacher, Mahadev Ambedkar, who used to admit him a lot, made his name from Ambawadekar to Ambedkar at school records.
Fact 4: Babasaheb worked at the Government Law College, Mumbai for two years at the Principal's post.
Fact 5: Dr. B. R Ambedkar was against the Article 370 of Indian Constitution, which gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
Fact 6: Babasaheb Ambedkar was the first Indian to get a degree in economics and doctoral degrees.
Fact 7: Dr. Ambedkar was suffering from diabetes in subsequent years.
Fact 8: Dr. Ambedkar is the only Indian whose portrait is in the London Museum with Karl Marx.
Fact 9: The credit of Ashok Chakra in Indian Flag is given to Dr. Ambedkar.
Fact 10: B R Ambedkar was the Member of Viceroy's Executive Council, and due to him, the rule of working for at least 12-14 hours in factories was changed to just 8 hours.
Fact 11: It was Babasaheb, who make laws such as Maternity Benefit for Women Labor, Women Labor Welfare Fund, Women and Child, Labor Protection Act for women workers.
Fact 12: Nobel Prize winning economics Prof. Amartya Sen considers Dr BR Ambedkar as his father in the economics.
Fact 13: For better development, in the 50's, Babasaheb had proposed the division of Madhya Pradesh and Bihar but after splitting in 2000, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand were formed.
Fact 14: Babasaheb was very fond of reading books. It is believed that his personal library was the largest personal library in the world, with more than 50 thousand books.
Fact 15: Dr. Ambedkar had two marriages the first with 9-year-old girl Ramabai at the age of 15 and after the death of Ramabai second was with Dr. Sharda kabir at the age of 57 due to the reason of Ambedkar's health issue.