CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Babasaheb Ambedkar Memorial is a monument under-construction dedicated to B. R. Ambedkar, the 20th-century Indian intellectual and the father of the Indian Constitution. The statue will be located at Indu Mills Compound in Mumbai in the state of Maharashtra.

Detailed explanation-2: -For the record, a bust of Ambedkar at Bindu Chowk in Kolhapur in western Maharashtra, inaugurated on December 7, 1950 is the world’s first statue of the Dalit leader.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hyderabad: Work is pacing up on the 125-foot tall statue of Dr B R Ambedkar, adjacent to the Hussainsagar lake in the city.

Detailed explanation-4: -YOU MAY LIKE TO READ. Hyderabad: The 125-feet tall statue of Dr B. R. Ambedkar will be unveiled in Hyderabad by the end of the current year. This will be the tallest statue of the Father of Indian Constitution anywhere in the world and it is coming up near Hussain Sagar lake in the heart of the city.

Detailed explanation-5: -It is the 2nd Babasaheb Ambedkar’s bust in the USA. There is already one Dr Ambedkar’s bust at the Columbia University, Dr Ambedkar’s alma mater. The bust for the Brandeis University was gifted by Boston Study Group which is a small group of Ambedkarites in Boston area.