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| name = Becoming Babasaheb: The Life<br />
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| author = Aakash Singh Rathore<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = English<br />
| genre = <br />
| release_date = 13 April 2023<br />
| media_type = Print (hardback)<br />
| pages = 273<br />
| isbn = 978-9356991224<br />
| publisher = [[HarperCollins]]<br />
| awards =<br />
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'''''Becoming Babasaheb: The Life''''' is a book about [[B. R. Ambedkar]] written by Aakash Singh Rathore. The first of an ambitious two-volume biography, Becoming Babasaheb traces Ambedkar's life journey, from his birth in 1891 to the transformative [[Mahad Satyagraha]] in 1929.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 April 2023 |title= The man behind the legend |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/threat-of-war-in-high-himalayas-china-and-india-at-the-brink-a-timely-book-explaining-the-rising-tensions-between-the-two-nuclear-armed-nations-sinoindianborderdispute-geopolitics-himalayas-chinaindiawar-101680871503076.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530064408/https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/threat-of-war-in-high-himalayas-china-and-india-at-the-brink-a-timely-book-explaining-the-rising-tensions-between-the-two-nuclear-armed-nations-sinoindianborderdispute-geopolitics-himalayas-chinaindiawar-101680871503076.html |archive-date=26 July 2023 |access-date=26 July 2023 |website= [[Hindustan Times]] |language=english <br />
}}</ref> It was published on 13 April 2023 by [[HarperCollins]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 April 2023 |title= New book seeks to look at Babasaheb Ambedkar’s life as a philosopher and activist |url=https://theprint.in/softcover/new-book-seeks-to-look-at-babasaheb-ambedkars-life-as-a-philosopher-and-activist/1508895/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410074242/https://theprint.in/softcover/new-book-seeks-to-look-at-babasaheb-ambedkars-life-as-a-philosopher-and-activist/1508895/ |archive-date=26 July 2023 |access-date=26 July 2023 |website= [[ThePrint]] |language=english <br />
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== Critical reception ==<br />
Uma Mahadevan-Dasgupta of ''[[The Hindu]]'' wrote "Every day, in the 21st century, the life of this tremendous intellectual and activist continues to be an inspiration to all those who care for social justice and equality".<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 July 2023 |title= Calling out injustice: review of Aakash Singh Rathore’s ‘Becoming Babasaheb’ |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/review-aakash-singh-rathore-becoming-babasaheb-calling-out-injustice/article67063342.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230726145038/https://www.thehindu.com/books/review-aakash-singh-rathore-becoming-babasaheb-calling-out-injustice/article67063342.ece |archive-date=26 July 2023 |access-date=26 July 2023 |website= [[The Hindu]] |language=english <br />
}}</ref> A Critic of [[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|''The Tribune'']] says "Rathore’s book refreshingly restarts and re-discovers Ambedkar. It gives us a panoramic-cinematic view and this addition of a newer version on Ambedkar’s life is always a must-read".<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 April 2023 |title= Rediscovering Ambedkar with Aakash Singh Rathore’s ‘Becoming Babasaheb’ |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/reviews/story/rediscovering-ambedkar-with-aakash-singh-rathores-becoming-babasaheb-497878 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608025223/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/reviews/story/rediscovering-ambedkar-with-aakash-singh-rathores-becoming-babasaheb-497878 |archive-date=26 July 2023 |access-date=26 July 2023 |website= [[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |language=english <br />
}}</ref> Pratul Sharma of ''[[The Week]]'' wrote "The biography will enlighten the new and young readers amid renewed interest in Ambedkar, and of course those politically and ideologically inclined, and the academic researchers who have been missing out on the crucial details while referring to the older biographies".<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 April 2023 |title= This new book seeks to unravel Ambedkar's personality |url=https://www.theweek.in/review/books/2023/04/24/this-new-book-seeks-to-unravel-ambedkars-personality.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605112042/https://www.theweek.in/review/books/2023/04/24/this-new-book-seeks-to-unravel-ambedkars-personality.html |archive-date=26 July 2023 |access-date=26 July 2023 |website= [[The Week]] |language=english <br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{Google Books|id=g5ewEAAAQBAJ}}<br />
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