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  Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar and His Legacy and movements B R Ambedkar (1891- 1956) Bhimarao Ramji was born in the Mahar untouchable community at Mhow in Madhya Pradesh. His father, a subedar in the army, hailed from Ambad in Ratnagiri district of the then Bombay presidency. He took his surname 'Ambavadekar' from the name of his native village; it was, however, changed to Ambedkar in the school records. In 1913, he joined Columbia University in New York, where two years later he took his M A in Economics. In 1926, he obtained a doctorate from the same university. Meanwhile, in 1916 he had moved to the London School of Economics and prepared for the Bar. A year later, however, he had to discontinue his studies owing to financial exigencies. In 1921 he resumed his studies in London and obtained an M. Sc. (1921) and D. Sc (1923). 1924 saw Ambedkar returning home to start legal practice at the Bombay High Court. In the same year he established the Depressed Classes In...

  Caste Movement in Different Parts of India   Justice Movement It was an intermediate caste movement launched in Madras around 1915-16 by C N Mudaliar, T M Nair and P Tyagaraja Chetti on behalf of intermediate castes (like Tamil Vellalas, Mundaliars and Chettiars; Telegu Reddis, Kammas and Baliza Naidus; and Malayali Nair's) and against Brahimin predominance in education, government service and politics. They founded a new political party, known as the 'Justice Party' which exhibited its loyalty to the British government in the hope of getting more government jobs and representation in the new legislatures. Self-respect Movement It was a populist and radical movement founded in 1925 in Tamil Nadu by E V Ramaswamy Naicker popularly known as 'Periyar', against the Brahmin domination. It advocated weddings without Brahmin priests, forcible temple entry, burning of the Manu Smriti and outright atheism at times. Peiyar founded a T...

  Kakatiyas of Warangal   Their earliest known chief was Beta I, a feudatory of the Western Chalukyas in first half of the 11th century. He ruled over the Koravi country in AP Beta was succeeded by his son Prola I. The loyalty of Prola I to Chalukya Somesvara I earned for him Anumokonda-vishya, as a permanent fief. Prola I thus became the founder of the Kakatiya principality. Prola I was succeeded by his younger son Beta II, who was in turn succeeded by his son, Durganripati. Prola II The reign of Prola II, the next ruler, forms an important landmark in the history of the Kakatiya. He threw off the overlordship of the Chalukya and carved out for himself an independent kingdom which was destined to grow under his successors into a powerful kingdom embracing the whole of the Andhra country. Rudradeva His achievements are describe in his Anumakonda inscription. According to it, he defeated a number of neighbouring princes and extended his ...