Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, popularly known as ‘Babasaheb’, was born on 14 April 1891 at Mhow in the vicinity of Indore in Madhya Pradesh. His father’s name was Ramji and mother’s name was Bhimabai. His ancestral village was Ambadave in Mandagad Taluka in the district of Ratnagiri in Maharashtra. He belonged to an untouchable Mahar community. He came from a valiant and cultured family. His father Ramji, and grandfather Maloji were in the British Army. His mother belonged to Murbad village in Thana district in Maharashtra and her family also had the tradition of military service. 

At the time of his birth his father Ramji was serving as Headmaster in Military School at Mhow and had attained the rank of Subedar. He retired from service when Bhim was two years old. After retirement his father came to Dapoli in Ratnagiri district in the year 1894. Soon his father was appointed as storekeeper in Ratnagiri and later on transferred to Satara in the year 1896. Later on his family shifted to Bombay in 1904 and lived in a room in Dabak Chawl at Lower Parel, with his two brothers, Balaram and Anandrao, two sisters, Manjula and Tulsa, and his aunt Meerabai. Read more..