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| PM Narendra Modi Inaugurates Ambedk |
| PM Narendra Modi Inaugurates Ambedkar Memorial in London
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| UNITED KINGDOM
, 14-November-2015
9:4:3 AM |
| Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated a memorial in London dedicated to Dr BR Ambedkar, two months after India acquired the bungalow where the Dalit icon and architect of India's Constitution lived as a student in the 1920s.
Prime Minister Modi visited the house where Ambedkar lived in 1921-22 during his student days at London School of Economics (LSE) and said the Dalit icon's message of equality and justice continues to resonate.
Maharashtra had acquired the three-storey 2,050 sq ft house at 10 King Henry's Road, in northwest London, in August for an estimated cost of 3.2 million to 4 million pounds which the state government had borne.
Prime Minister Modi, who was accompanied by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, paid floral tributes to Ambedkar's bust at the house.
Prime Minister Modi was greeted at the new memorial, to be referred to as Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Museum, by Mr Fadnavis and Rajkumar Badole, Maharashtra's Minister of Social Justice and Special Assistance.
"There are some very special documents and letters related to Babasaheb on display, including some of his writings. My personal highlight is a letter he wrote in German to Bonn University. It just shows the wide intellect of the great man," Mr Fadnavis said.
"We hope this memorial will be an inspiration to young students and others from around the world," he said.
The six-room memorial is still under renovation but one of the floors which Prime Minister Modi explored today will be open to the public until November 20. It will then shut for further repairs and renovations and is expected to be open again in the new year.
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