London: A high-level team from the Maharashtra government has finalised the purchase of a home, costing around four million pounds, where Dr B R Ambedkar lived during his student days in London. The architect of India's Constitution and dalit rights activist had spent around a year at the three-storey town house on King Henry¿s Road in north London in 1921-22 when he was studying at London School of Economics (LSE).

"This is a historical moment for us because it is not just a house but has the emotions of all Indians attached to it. This has been a very fruitful visit and we expect the formalities regarding the purchase to be completed by the end of May," said Rajkumar Badole, Maharashtra's minister of social justice and special assistance. The minister, who is leading a three-member delegation from his ministry including state minister Dilip Kamble and principal secretary Ujjwal Uke, also initiated talks on establishing a Dr Ambedkar Chair at LSE which would be linked with two new scholarships for Indian students.