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B. R. Ambedkar
Indian jurist, economist, and social reformer
dead
no longer with us. rest easy.
- born
- 1891
- died
- 1956
- age at death
- 65
- known for
- economist, politician, constitutionalist
1891 – 1956
where this comes from
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