Tributes paid to Ambedkar, followers throng 'Chaityabhoomi'
Fp Archives • 12 years agoMaharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and former deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar were among the leaders who paid homage to Ambedkar at 'Chaityabhoomi'.
Police crack down on hooliganism by Ambedkar followers in Mumbai
Fp Archives • 13 years agoOver 700 followers of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar today forcefully entered the premises of Indu Mill in Dadar in central Mumbai, demanding the mill land be allotted for the construction of Dr Ambedkar's memorial.
The annual pilgrimage to Chaityabhoomi gets bigger
Anant Rangaswami • 13 years agoA day before Ambedkar Jayanti, 72,000 pay homage at his cremation spot, and other news.
Thank you, Raj Thackeray, for being politically incorrect
Fp Archives • 14 years agoThe call to rename Dadar Station as Chaityabhoomi is nothing but pure politics. It has nothing to do with honouring the memory of Ambedkar. It's good that Raj Thackeray, for his own political reasons, has opposed this form of tokenism.