Question

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar played a prominent role in _____.
A. The field of literature
B. The field of cinema
C. The field of art
D. The framing of the Constitution

Answer 1

Hint: He was a Politician, jurist and a social reformer. He is known for fighting for the rights of the untouchables or Dalits.

Complete answer:
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedakar was born on 14th April 1891 in a town called Mhow. This city is presently located in Madhya Pradesh and is named as Dr. Ambedkar Nagar in his honor. His father was Ramji Maloji Sakpal, who was an army officer at the rank of Subedar. Ambedkar belonged to the dalit caste, who were treated as untouchables and were victims of socio-economic discrimination.
B. R. Ambedkar completed his Undergraduate studies at the University of Bombay, his postgraduate studies at the Columbia University in the United States and his doctorate at the University of London in Great Britain. He was the first Indian to complete his economics doctorate abroad.
In his education, he had studied more than sixty constitutions of various countries around the world. This helped him become a wise and knowledgeable constitutional expert. He had the most prominent role in drafting the Constitution as the primary guiding document for the citizens of India. When, the constituent assembly was set up to compile the Constitution of India, B.R. Ambedkar was selected as the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly.

He was considered as the ‘architect’ of the Indian Constitution by Nehru. He is also recognized as the ‘Father of the Constitution of India’.

Note:He was the first Minister of Law and Justice and he held this office just after independence, from 1947 to 1951. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha from 1952 to 1956.
He got bed-ridden from medical side-effects, his health worsened and he finally died in his sleep in 1956.