Yeah, for sure. They linked up in 1931 and it was NOT a chill hangout. Ambedkar came in ready to talk justice and rights for Dalits, and Gandhi kinda brushed him off like βI got this.β Then in 1932, things got messyβAmbedkar wanted separate votes for Dalits so they could actually have a voice, but GRead more
Yeah, for sure. They linked up in 1931 and it was NOT a chill hangout. Ambedkar came in ready to talk justice and rights for Dalits, and Gandhi kinda brushed him off like βI got this.β Then in 1932, things got messyβAmbedkar wanted separate votes for Dalits so they could actually have a voice, but Gandhi was like βnah fam, thatβs gonna split usβ and started a dramatic fast. Whole country panicked. Pressure was real. Ambedkar had to compromise, but he def wasnβt vibinβ with it.
Did Gandhi hate him tho?
Not βhateβ hate, but they had major beef. Gandhi was like βfix caste from inside,β Ambedkar was like βnah bro, torch the whole system.β Gandhi saw caste as a problem to smooth over, Ambedkar saw it as a straight-up injustice that needed wrecking. Gandhi was the face of the freedom struggle, but Ambedkar was out here fighting for actual equality, not just Independenceβ’οΈ.
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Okay so likeβ¦ Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was literally built different when it came to education. Bro wasnβt just book-smart, he was elite-tier scholar mode. He started off in India, but then got a scholarship to go all the way to the U.S. to study at Columbia University, where he got his M.A. in EcRead more
Okay so likeβ¦ Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was literally built different when it came to education. Bro wasnβt just book-smart, he was elite-tier scholar mode.
He started off in India, but then got a scholarship to go all the way to the U.S. to study at Columbia University, where he got his M.A. in Economics in 1915. And not just chillinβ β he went full throttle and got a Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia by 1927 (he actually finished most of it earlier but submitted later).
Then he hit up London, and thatβs where he really went beast mode. While at the London School of Economics (LSE), he started working on his D.Sc. in Economics β and yeah, he got it, making him the first South Asian to do so.
But wait, thereβs more π€ β he also studied law at Grayβs Inn, one of the four Inns of Court in England, and became a barrister. That means he was literally a lawyer, an economist, a political theorist, and a whole constitutional boss. Likeβ¦ man couldβve picked any one of those lanes and been legendary, but he just said βwhy not all of them?β
His specializations? Economics, Law, Political Science, Sociology, and Philosophy. Literally mastered everything he needed to take on the British Empire and the caste system. King moves only.
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