Read the passage and answer the questions:
Besides this Congress trio, a very important member of the Assembly was the lawyer and economist B.R. Ambedkar. He had been a political opponent of the Congress; but, on the advice of Mahatma Gandhi, he was asked at Independence to join the Union Cabinet as law minister.

Who among the following became the first Law Minister of Independent India?
1. K.M. Munshi
2. B.R. Ambedkar
3. Alladi Krishnaswamy Aiyar
4. B. N. Rau

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Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar on the advice of Mahatma Gandhi joined the constituent assembly. He was asked at Independence to join the Union Cabinet as law minister. Thus, he  became the first Law Minister of Independent India.