Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar

Politician

Birthday May 10, 1954

Birth Sign Taurus

Birthplace Bombay, Bombay State, India

Age 69 years old

Nationality India

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1950

Prakash Ambedkar has also been working to archive editions of the original Prabuddh Bharat from the 1950s, after copies were lost in the controversial demolition of the Buddha Bhushan printing press in 2016.

Prakash Ambedkar has also worked to preserve his grandfather's legacy as architect of the Indian Constitution and has been quoted as saying "The country will survive only if the Constitution survives."

Prakash Ambedkar attracted controversy and criticism after he threatened the Times Now anchor Anand Narsimhan to physically harm the anchor by saying that he would think what he could do to him if the governance gets changed.

June 2023, Ambedkar defended the historical significance of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb's 50-year rule, urging people not to resort to abuse.

Ambedkar made this statement while visiting the Aurangzeb memorial in Khuldabad, Aurangabad District.

His visit coincided with arrests and clashes in the state related to social media posts praising Aurangzeb.

Ambedkar questioned the notion of erasing history and asked, "What's wrong with visiting the Aurangzeb memorial? He was a Mughal emperor who ruled here for 50 years."

1954

Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar (born 10 May 1954), popularly known as Balasaheb Ambedkar, is an Indian politician, writer and lawyer.

He is the president of political party called Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi.

He is a three-time Member of Parliament (MP).

2012

He was a member of the 12th and 13th Lok Sabha of India and twice represented the Lok Sabha constituency of Akola, Maharashtra.

He has served in both houses of the Indian Parliament.

Prakash Ambedkar is the grandson of Indian statesman and the father of Indian Constitution Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, and Ramabai.

His father's name is Yashwant Ambedkar (Bhaiyasaheb) and mother's name is Meera.

The Ambedkar family are followers of Buddhism.

He has two younger brothers Bhimrao & Anandraj and a sister Ramabai who is married to Anand Teltumbde.

Prakash Ambedkar is married to Anjali Maydeo and they have a son named Sujat.

2017

In 2017, together with his son Sujat, Prakash Ambedkar relaunched Prabuddh Bharat (Enlightened India), the newspaper his grandfather Dr. B. R. Ambedkar founded in 1956.

2018

Prakash Ambedkar has organised mass rallies at the national level, including in response to the Riddles march case, Rohith Vemula suicide case, Ambedkar Bhavan demolition case, Unna Dalit atrocity case and 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence case.

Prakash Ambedkar is noted for having designed the political strategy known as the Akola Pattern of political organising to appeal to all excluded masses, including Dalits, Muslims and other excluded peoples.

The Akola Pattern is named after the Akola district of Maharashtra where Prakash Ambedkar's political party is based.