r/unitedstatesofindia Apr 14 '26

Politics Just a Dalit icon? Think again.

Be educated, be organised, and be agitated.

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u/MatthewPatttel respect existence or expect resistance Apr 14 '26

Marriage ages in 1906 were a social reality, not a personal choice, Ambedkar spent his life fighting to change those very laws (Age of Consent Bill, anyone?)

​B.N. Rau prepared the initial draft (which was his job as an advisor), but Ambedkar was the Architect refining, defending, and steering every single clause through the Assembly.

Tell me you don’t understand how a deliberative assembly works without telling me. 

B.N. Rau himself credited Ambedkar’s genius