- Which Indian ruler helped Ambedkar with a scholarship to study both in Bombay and later abroad?
- Ambedkar was a trained economist. What was his dissertation on for the Master’s degree at Columbia University?
- How many degrees did Ambedkar receive from Columbia University?
- Among the professors of repute who taught Ambedkar in Columbia, one kept in touch even after he left. Can you name him?
- What was the name of Ambedkar’s first wife? And what was so unusual about the venue where his wedding was held?
- How many children did Ambedkar have and how many survived?
- What was the name of the first political party Ambedkar floated when he returned to India?
- When was the first time Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi met and how much did the latter know about him?
- What was Ambedkar’s portfolio in the Viceroy’s executive council?
- Ambedkar was one of the most prolific writers among political leaders in his time. How many books, monographs and speeches did he write?
- Annihilation of Caste, based on a 1936 speech he could not deliver, is now a well known book. Can you name at least two other major books written by him?
- Which year and where was Ambedkar’s major paper on caste titled, Caste in India, Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development, written?
- Who described Ambedkar as a “Scotch-American”?
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