India’s tallest Ambedkar statue

April 15, 2023

Telangana Chief Minister unveiled a 125-feet tall bronze statue of Dr B R Ambedkar at the Hussain Sagar lake in Hyderabad on his 132nd birth anniversary.
It is claimed to be the tallest statue in the country ever built for Dr B R Ambedkar.
It has an overall height of 175 feet, including a 50 feet high circular base resembling the edifice of the Parliament of India.
360 tonnes of stainless steel and 114 tonnes of bronze was used for building the statue.
It was designed by renowned sculptors Ram Vanji Sutar and his son Anil Ram Sutar of Ram Sutar Art Creations who also designed the world’s tallest statue — the Statue of Unity (597 feet) of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in Gujarat.

About Dr B R Ambedkar-

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar is popularly known as Babasaheb, meaning “respected father” in Marathi and Hindi.
He was an Indian jurist, economist, politician and social reformer.
Ambedkar was born into a poor low Mahar (dalit) caste, who were treated as untouchables and subjected to socio-economic discrimination.
In 1930, Ambedkar launched the Kalaram Temple movement to enter Kalaram Temple.
Poona Pact was an agreement made in 1932 between Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi on the reservation of electoral seats for the depressed classes.
He was the architect of the Constitution of India by serving as the Chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee.
He was independent India’s first law and justice minister.
In 1956, he converted to Buddhism initiating mass conversions of Dalits.
In 1990, the Bharat Ratna was posthumously conferred upon Ambedkar.
In honour of Ambedkar, Indian Constitution Day (National Law Day) is celebrated on 26 November.
Political parties/groups formed by him:
- Depressed Classes Federation (DCF) in 1930
- Independent Labour Party (ILP) in 1936
- Scheduled Castes Federation (SCF) in 1942
Key Literary works:
- Annihilation of Caste
- Ranade, Gandhi and Jinnah
- Castes in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development
- The Buddha and His Dhamma
- Waiting for a Visa