Government declares birth anniversary of Dr B R Ambedkar on April 14 as public holiday from 2021

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The government has declared Ambedkar Jayanti, the birth anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar which falls on 14 April every year, as a public holiday with effect from 2021, under Section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.
On 14 April 2021, India will celebrate the 130th birth anniversary of Babasaheb Ambedkar.
Babasaheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar was born on April 14 in 1891. He was awarded India’s highest civilian honour the Bharat Ratna in 1990.
He is considered a key architect of the constitution of India and became the first law and justice minister of independent India.
Babasaheb Ambedkar died on December 6 in 1956.
He was a renowned social reformer and a Dalit icon, who spoke against the inequality, injustice and discrimination faced by the members of the dalit community.