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Which statements are correct about Babasaheb Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar? Choose the correct answer from the given options: |
Statements 1, 2, and 3 are correct. Statements 2, 4, and 5 are correct. Statements 3, 4, and 5 are correct. Statements 1, 4, and 5 are correct. |
Statements 1, 2, and 3 are correct. |
The correct answer is Option 1 - Statements 1, 2, and 3 are correct. The correct statements are: 1) Babasaheb Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was a leader of the anti-caste movement and fought for justice for the Dalits. Correction in the incorrect statement: 4) He was the Chairman of the DRAFTING COMMITTEE, not the Constituent Assembly, responsible for drafting India's constitution. 5) Babasaheb Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar served as LAW MINISTER in Nehru's first cabinet after Independence but resigned in 1951.
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (1891-1956) Babasaheb Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891-1956): Leader of the anti-caste movement and the struggle for justice to the Dalits; scholar and intellectual; founder of Independent Labour Party; later founded the Scheduled Castes Federation; planned the formation of the Republican Party of India; Member of Viceroy’s Executive Council during the Second World War; Chairman, Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly; Law Minister in Nehru’s first cabinet after Independence; resigned in 1951 due to differences over the Hindu Code Bill; adopted Buddhism in 1956, with thousands of followers. |