BR Ambedkar led one of the greatest civil rights movements in human history, working to establish basic rights for hundreds of millions of people, known as Dalits.

Is Ambedkar a Dalit leader?

Ambedkar was born into a Mahar (dalit) caste, who were treated as untouchables and subjected to socio-economic discrimination. Ambedkar's ancestors had long worked for the army of the British East India Company, and his father served in the British Indian Army at the Mhow cantonment.

Was Ambedkar born Dalit?

Born of a Dalit Mahar family of western India, he was as a boy humiliated by his high-caste schoolfellows. His father was an officer in the Indian army. ... In 1947 Ambedkar became the law minister of the government of India.