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title: "Dr. B.R. Ambedkar: Architect of India's Constitution"
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- Dr.
- Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891–1956) was the chairman of the Constituent Assembly's Drafting Committee and independent India's first Law and Justice Minister.
- What was Ambedkar's role in framing the Constitution?
- What was the Poona Pact of 1932 and Ambedkar's part in it?
- Why did Ambedkar call Article 32 the soul of the Constitution?

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Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891–1956) was the chairman of the Constituent Assembly's Drafting Committee and independent India's first Law and Justice Minister.

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1. 14 April 1891

   Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar ( – 6 December 1956), often called Babasaheb, was a jurist, economist, social reformer and the principal architect of the Constitution…

2. 6 December 1956

   Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (14 April 1891 – ), often called Babasaheb, was a jurist, economist, social reformer and the principal architect of the Constitution o…

3. 29 August 1947

   Elected to the Constituent Assembly in 1946, he was appointed Chairman of the seven-member Drafting Committee on , the body that produced the draft Constitut…

4. 26 November 1949

   Elected to the Constituent Assembly in 1946, he was appointed Chairman of the seven-member Drafting Committee on 29 August 1947, the body that produced the d…

5. 14 October 1956

   Rejecting Hinduism's caste order, he embraced Buddhism on at Nagpur along with hundreds of thousands of followers, articulating Navayana Buddhism.

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In his concluding Constituent Assembly speech on 25 November 1949, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar warned that India was entering "a life of contradictions" with political equality but persistent social and economic inequality.

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