India News | Maha CM Calls for Advanced Research on B R Ambedkar

Mumbai, Dec 6 (PTI) Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday expressed the need for an advanced research of the international standard on B R Ambedkar.

Thackeray was speaking at a virtual event to unveil the plaque of the International Research Centre at the Mumbai University (MU) on the occasion of the death anniversary of the Father of Constitution.

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The CM said Ambedkar's thoughts and work should be researched at the international level and the research centre will work on this.

"Ambedkarled a social and ideological revolution so that a human being can live with dignity. Apart from fighting the British, he also fought his own people for social justice," Thackeray said.

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NCP president SharadPawar and Union Social Justice Minister Ramdas Athawalealso attended the event.

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