A beginning in Mhow
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was born in Mhow, in present-day Madhya Pradesh.
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Ambedkar pursued graduate study at Columbia University in New York.
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Ambedkar chaired the Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly.
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Constitutional morality is not a natural sentiment. It has to be cultivated.
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar · Constituent Assembly Debates, 4 November 1948
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