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'''Babasaheb''' ([[Devanagari]]: बाबासाहेब, [[IAST]]: ''Bābāsāhēb'') is an [[Title of honor|honorary title]] and given name. "Babasaheb" is a [[Marathi language|Marathi]] phrase which means "Respected Father" (''[[Mama and papa|Baba]]'' = [[father]] and ''[[Saheb]]'' = [[sir]]). This [[epithet]] is commonly applied to [[B. R. Ambedkar]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=महाराष्ट्राचा समग्र इतिहास|last=Kathare|first=Dr. Anil|publisher=कल्पना प्रकाशन, नांदेड|year= 2017|page=690|language=mr}}</ref>

==B. R. Ambedkar's title "Babasaheb"==
[[B. R. Ambedkar]]'s followers and the Indian people started respectfully addressing him as "Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar", since September 1927, because millions of Indians consider him a "great liberator".<ref>{{Cite book|title=Mahamanav Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar|last=Gaikwad|first=Dr. Dnyanraj Kashinath|publisher=Riya Publication|year=2016|pages=138|language=mr}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Renaming Dr. Ambedkar in modern-day India stems from caste hatred|url=https://asiatimes.com/renaming-dr-ambedkar-modern-day-india-result-caste-hatred//|access-date=2 April 2018}}</ref>

==People==
Other notable people with the name include:
* [[Babasaheb Bhosale]] (1921–2007), Indian politician
* [[Balwant Moreshwar Purandare]] (born 1922), also known as Babasaheb Purandare, Indian historian and writer
* [[Umakant Keshav Apte]] (1903–1971), also known as Babasaheb Apte

==See also==
* [[List of things named after B. R. Ambedkar|List of things named after Babasaheb Ambedkar]]
* [[Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (film)]] (2000), Indian feature film in English
* [[Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport]], Nagpur
* [[Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University]], Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
* [[Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University]], public institution of higher learning in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
* [[Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University]], unitary, autonomous university located at Lonere in Raigad district, Maharashtra, India
* [[Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University]], Central University located in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

==References==
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