Every year India observes December 6 as Mahaparinirvan Divas to mark the death anniversary of Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar. Born on April 14, 1891, he was an eminent jurist, social reformer and the minister of law and justice in the first cabinet of independent India.

BR Ambedkar, the father of the Indian Constitution, was also the chairman of the drafting committee which was tasked with framing a constitution for the governance of the newly independent India. Dr Ambedkar died on December 6, 1956, in his sleep shortly after completing the final manuscript of ‘Buddha and His Dhamma’.