Anandraj Ambedkar Explained

Anandraj Ambedkar
Birth Date:	2 June 1960
Birth Place:	Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Residence:	129, Rajgruha, Hindu colony, Dadar, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Office:	President of the Republican Sena
Term Start:	21 November 1998
Office1:	Chairman of the People's Education Society^[1]
Term Start1:	24 June 2013
Office2:	Chairman of the Bauddhajan Panchayat Samiti^[2] ^[3]
Term Start2:	11 April 2022
Profession:	Engineer, Politician, and Social worker
Spouse:	Manisha Ambedkar
Children:	Sahil Ambedkar, Aman Ambedkar
Nationality:	Indian
Relatives:	Ambedkar family
Parents:	Yashwant Ambedkar

Anandraj Yashwant Ambedkar (born 2 June 1960) is an Indian social activist, engineer and politician from Maharashtra. He is head of the Republican Sena ('Republican Army').^{[4] [5]} He is the grandson of B. R. Ambedkar, the father of the Indian Constitution. His supporters occupied the Indu Mill land at Dadar in 2011 to highlight the long-pending demand for the Statue of Equality memorial of B. R. Ambedkar.^{[6] [7]} Anandraj Ambedkar also works in the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi, headed by his elder brother Prakash Ambedkar.^{[8] [9] [10]}

As an official candidate of the Republican Sena, supported by Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi, Anandraj Ambedkar contested and lost in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Amravati Lok Sabha constituency.^[11]

Life

See also: Ambedkar family.

The Ambedkar family are followers of Navayana Buddhism.^[12] He has two brothers Prakash Ambedkar and Bhimrao Ambedkar, and a sister Ramabai who is married to Anand Teltumbde.^[13]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ambedkar’s Grandson Appointed Trust Chairman. 25 June 2013.
2. Web site: बौद्धजन पंचायत समितीची वार्षिक सभा. 7 February 2022.
3. Web site: बौद्धजन पंचायत समितीच्या सभापतीपदी पुन्हा आनंदराज आंबेडकर. 11 April 2022.
4. Web site: राजकीय आरक्षण काढून टाकावे – आनंदराज आंबेडकर. 12 April 2018.
5. https://www.newindianexpress.com/
6. Web site: बाबासाहेब आंबेडकरांचं इंदू मिलमधलं स्मारक 2020 पर्यंत पूर्ण होणार का?. रोहन. टिल्लू. 15 October 2019. www.bbc.com.
7. Web site: महाराष्ट्र चुनाव: शिवाजी, आंबेडकर, बाल ठाकरे के स्मारकों पर राजनीति. मयूरेश. कोण्णुर. 6 October 2019. www.bbc.com.
8. Web site: Maharashtra Assembly Election 2019 : भाजपने चुकीची धोरणे राबविली : आनंदराज आंबेडकर. 15 October 2019. Lokmat.
9. Web site: आमच्यासोबत यायचे की नाही हे काँग्रेसने ठरवायचे : आनंदराज आंबेडकर | eSakal. www.esakal.com.
10. Web site: शरद पवार यांनी आंबेडकरी चळवळीची पिढी बरबाद केली: आनंदराज आंबेडकर. 4 April 2019. Maharashtra Times.
11. https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/CandidateCustomFilter?_token=XB29hMxLEA1RyntWRhTmnGpF8UitbvLDcaANLQjV&electionType=24-PC-GENERAL-1-46&election=24-PC-GENERAL-1-46&states=S13&constId=7&page=7
12. News: Vemula's mom, brother embrace Buddhism on Ambedkar Jayanti - Times of India. The Times of India. 2018-10-10.
13. Web site: He is a prominent anti-Modi intellectual. The Indian government wants him behind bars. . Niha . Masih . 21 February 2019 . The Washington Post . Teltumbde has been swept up in a government crackdown on lawyers and activists. The activists targeted in the investigation are advocates for India's most disadvantaged communities, including indigenous tribal people and Dalits, once called 'untouchables.' They also are vocal critics of the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi..