Dr Br Ambedkar  

On this day, the Constitution of India came into force in 1950. We all know about the man who led the drafting committee of this holy book of law – Dr. BR Ambedkar. But, how many of you know about the 2 civil servants working in the Constituent Assembly Secretariat, during that time, without whom the Indian democratic project would have probably never got off the ground. Let’s find out more about the two men who built India’s democracy, but you’ve probably never heard of them, in this episode of India Untold with Sunita Iyer.

The opposition harped on the word secular as they referred to the Constitution while speaking on issues such as the NRC and the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. However, it does look like they don’t understand the difference between the true meaning of being secular and pseudo-secular.
 

Babasaheb Ambedkar was an Indian jurist, economist, politician and social reformer who campaigned against social discrimination towards the untouchables (Dalits) and supported the rights of women and workers. He died on December 6, 1956.

Today is a historic day. 70 years ago, we adopted our great Constitution. The holy book of the nation is an amalgamation of our traditions, cultures, practices, preferences, etc. It is also a solution to the problems we face, said PM Modi.

The new statue of Ambedkar was erected within 12 hours at the centre of Vedaranyam town in Tamil Nadu, where the dominant caste community in retaliation vandalised the previous statue due to the torching of a vehicle by a group of Dalit men on Sunday evening (August 25)

Telangana Congress leaders V Hanumantha Rao and Harsha Kumar are now in police custody after they tried to install a statue of Dr BR Ambedkar at Punjagutta centre in Hyderabad.