Last year, while speaking at the 101st birth anniversary celebration of his father and former Chief Justice of India YV Chandrachud, the CJI had said,
“Architect of the Indian Constitution, Dr BR Ambedkar used his education not for his self-advancement alone but instead used it in shaping Indian Constitution.”
Dr Ambedkar hailed from the Mahar caste – which was then an untouchable Dalit caste – as a result of which he struggled to gain access to even primary education.
“His foremost memories of his schooling are of humiliation and segregation where he had to attend classes while sitting outside the classroom and ensuring that he did not touch the water or notebook that belonged to the upper caste students,” Justice Chandrachud had said in that speech.
Dr Ambedkar eventually went on to hold 26 degrees and titles, becoming one of the most highly educated Indians of his generation.
Source: Barandbench
