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	{{short description\|Buddhist organization in India, founded by B. R. Ambedkar}}		{{short description\|Buddhist organization in India, founded by B. R. Ambedkar}}
	{{Infobox organization		{{Infobox organization
	\| name = Buddhist Society of India		\| name = Buddhist Society of India
	\| logo =		\| logo =
	\| caption = Official logo of the Buddhist Society of India		\| caption = Official logo of the Buddhist Society of India
	\| abbreviation =		\| abbreviation =
	\| formation = {{start date and age\|1955\|05\|04\|p=y\|df=yes}}		\| formation = {{start date and age\|1955\|05\|04\|p=y\|df=yes}}
	\| type =		\| type =
	\| status = Active		\| status = Active
	\| purpose = Spread of Buddhism		\| purpose = Spread of Buddhism
	\| headquarters = ~~Shop No. 2~~, ~~MMRDA Building, BMC, Station Road, [[Bhandup]] (West)~~, at [[Mumbai]], in [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]		\| headquarters = Dadar East, 17/A, Gautam Nagar at [[Mumbai]], in [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
	\| language = Marathi, Hindi, English		\| language = Marathi, Hindi, English
	\| leader_title = National President		\| leader_title = National President
	\| ~~leader_name~~ = ~~Shri Rajratna Ashok~~ Ambedkar		\| leader_name = Meeratai Yashwant Ambedkar
	\| main_organ =		\| leader_title2 = National Working President
	\| affiliations = [[World Fellowship of Buddhists]]		\| leader_name2 = Bhimrao Yashwant Ambedkar
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	\| slogan =		\| affiliations = [[World Fellowship of Buddhists]]
	\| founder = [[B. R. Ambedkar]]		\| volunteers =
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			\| homepage = https://www.thebuddhistsocietyofindia.com/
	}}		}}

	The '''Buddhist Society of India''', known as the '''Bharatiya Bauddha Mahasabha''', is a national Buddhist organization in [[India]]. It was founded by [[B. R. Ambedkar]] on 4 May 1955 in [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. Ambedkar was the father of the [[Constitution of India\|Indian Constitution]], [[polymath]], human rights activist and [[Buddhism]] revivalist in India. He was first national President of the organization. At a ceremony held on 8 May 1955 in Nare Park, [[Bombay]] (now Mumbai), Ambedkar formally announced the establishment of this organization for the spread of [[Buddhism in India]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.thebuddhistsocietyofindia.in \|title=The Buddhist Society of India\|website=www.thebuddhistsocietyofindia.in		The '''Buddhist Society of India''', known as the '''Bharatiya Bauddha Mahasabha''', is a national Buddhist organization in [[India]]. It was founded by [[B. R. Ambedkar]] on 4 May 1955 in [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. Ambedkar was the father of the [[Constitution of India\|Indian Constitution]], [[polymath]], human rights activist and [[Buddhism]] revivalist in India. He was first national President of the organization. At a ceremony held on 8 May 1955 in Nare Park, [[Bombay]] (now Mumbai), Ambedkar formally announced the establishment of this organization for the spread of [[Buddhism in India]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.thebuddhistsocietyofindia.in \|title=The Buddhist Society of India\|website=www.thebuddhistsocietyofindia.in
	\|access-date=2018-11-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I-7bUX0E6cMC&dq=Bharatiya+Bauddha+Mahasabha&pg=PA14\|title=Babasaheb Ambedkar\|last1=Rao\|first1=Kurukundi Raghavendra\|last2=Goswami\|first2=Mamani Rayachama\|last3=Goswāmī\|first3=Māmaṇi Raẏachama\|last4=Goswami\|first4=Indira\|last5=Goswami\|first5=Mamani Raisam\|date=1993\|publisher=Sahitya Akademi\|isbn=9788172011529\|language=en}}</ref> Its headquarter is in [[Mumbai]]. Currently ~~Rajratna Ashok~~ Ambedkar, the ~~great grand nephew~~ of B. R. Ambedkar, is the National President of the Buddhist Society of India.		\|access-date=2018-11-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I-7bUX0E6cMC&dq=Bharatiya+Bauddha+Mahasabha&pg=PA14\|title=Babasaheb Ambedkar\|last1=Rao\|first1=Kurukundi Raghavendra\|last2=Goswami\|first2=Mamani Rayachama\|last3=Goswāmī\|first3=Māmaṇi Raẏachama\|last4=Goswami\|first4=Indira\|last5=Goswami\|first5=Mamani Raisam\|date=1993\|publisher=Sahitya Akademi\|isbn=9788172011529\|language=en}}</ref> Its headquarter is in [[Mumbai]]. Currently [https://mr.wikipedia.org/s/4ic1 Meeratai Yashwant Ambedkar], the daughter in law of B. R. Ambedkar, is the National President of the Buddhist Society of India and [https://mr.wikipedia.org/s/4bed Bhimrao Yashwant Ambedkar] is Working President of The '''Buddhist Society of India.'''

	==History==		==History==
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	==External links==		==External links==
	* {{official\|https://www.~~tbsi~~.~~org.in~~}}		* {{official\|https://www.thebuddhistsocietyofindia.com/}}
	* [https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/battle-to-head-ambedkars-society-nears-end-in-hc-2/ Battle to head Ambedkar's Buddhist Society of India nears end in the High Court]		* [https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/battle-to-head-ambedkars-society-nears-end-in-hc-2/ Battle to head Ambedkar's Buddhist Society of India nears end in the High Court]

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	The '''Buddhist Society of India''', known as the '''Bharatiya Bauddha Mahasabha''', is a national Buddhist organization in [[India]]. It was founded by [[B. R. Ambedkar]] on 4 May 1955 in [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. Ambedkar was the father of the [[Constitution of India\|Indian Constitution]], [[polymath]], human rights activist and [[Buddhism]] revivalist in India. He was first national President of the organization. At a ceremony held on 8 May 1955 in Nare Park, [[Bombay]] (now Mumbai), Ambedkar formally announced the establishment of this organization for the spread of [[Buddhism in India]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.thebuddhistsocietyofindia.in \|title=The Buddhist Society of India\|website=www.thebuddhistsocietyofindia.in		The '''Buddhist Society of India''', known as the '''Bharatiya Bauddha Mahasabha''', is a national Buddhist organization in [[India]]. It was founded by [[B. R. Ambedkar]] on 4 May 1955 in [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. Ambedkar was the father of the [[Constitution of India\|Indian Constitution]], [[polymath]], human rights activist and [[Buddhism]] revivalist in India. He was first national President of the organization. At a ceremony held on 8 May 1955 in Nare Park, [[Bombay]] (now Mumbai), Ambedkar formally announced the establishment of this organization for the spread of [[Buddhism in India]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.thebuddhistsocietyofindia.in \|title=The Buddhist Society of India\|website=www.thebuddhistsocietyofindia.in
	\|access-date=2018-11-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=I-7bUX0E6cMC~~&pg=PA14~~&dq=Bharatiya+Bauddha+Mahasabha\|title=Babasaheb Ambedkar\|~~last~~=Rao\|~~first~~=Kurukundi Raghavendra\|last2=Goswami\|first2=Mamani Rayachama\|last3=Goswāmī\|first3=Māmaṇi Raẏachama\|last4=Goswami\|first4=Indira\|last5=Goswami\|first5=Mamani Raisam\|date=1993\|publisher=Sahitya Akademi\|isbn=9788172011529\|language=en}}</ref> Its headquarter is in [[Mumbai]]. Currently Rajratna Ashok Ambedkar, the great ~~grandson~~ of B. R. Ambedkar, is the National President of the Buddhist Society of India.		\|access-date=2018-11-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I-7bUX0E6cMC&dq=Bharatiya+Bauddha+Mahasabha&pg=PA14\|title=Babasaheb Ambedkar\|last1=Rao\|first1=Kurukundi Raghavendra\|last2=Goswami\|first2=Mamani Rayachama\|last3=Goswāmī\|first3=Māmaṇi Raẏachama\|last4=Goswami\|first4=Indira\|last5=Goswami\|first5=Mamani Raisam\|date=1993\|publisher=Sahitya Akademi\|isbn=9788172011529\|language=en}}</ref> Its headquarter is in [[Mumbai]]. Currently Rajratna Ashok Ambedkar, the great grand nephew of B. R. Ambedkar, is the National President of the Buddhist Society of India.

	==History==		==History==
	[[File:Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar.jpg\|right\|thumb\|[[B. R. Ambedkar]].]]		[[File:Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar.jpg\|right\|thumb\|[[B. R. Ambedkar]].]]
	B. R. Ambedkar studied Buddhism all his life. Around 1950, he devoted his attention to Buddhism and travelled to [[Ceylon]] (now [[Sri Lanka]]) to attend a meeting of the [[World Fellowship of Buddhists]].<ref>{{cite book\|last=Sangharakshita\|title=Ambedkar and Buddhism\|year=2006\|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishers\|location=New Delhi\|isbn=978-8120830233\|page=72\|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e-b2EzNRxQIC&pg=PA72\|edition=1st South Asian \|accessdate=17 July 2013\|chapter=Milestone on the Road to conversion}}</ref> While dedicating a new Buddhist [[vihara]] near [[Pune]], Ambedkar announced he was writing a book on Buddhism, and that when it was finished, he would formally convert to Buddhism.<ref name="Columbia7">{{cite web\| last = Pritchett\| first = Frances\|url=http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00ambedkar/timeline/1950s.html\| title = In the 1950s\| format = PHP\| accessdate = 2 August 2006\| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060620200055/http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00ambedkar/timeline/1950s.html\| archivedate= 20 June 2006 \| url-status=live}}</ref> He twice visited [[Burma]] (now [[Myanmar]]) in 1954; the second time to attend the third conference of the World Fellowship of Buddhists in [[Rangoon]].<ref name="Docker">{{cite book \|editor1-last=Ganguly \|editor1-first=Debjani \|editor2-last=Docker \|editor2-first=John \|title=Rethinking Gandhi and Nonviolent Relationality: Global Perspectives \|series= Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia \|volume=46 \|year=2007 \|publisher=Routledge \|location=London \|isbn=978-0415437400 \|oclc=123912708 \|page=257}}</ref> In July 1951 he formed the "Bharatiya Bauddha Janasangh" (''Indian Buddhist People's Organisation''), which became the "Bharatiya Bauddha Mahasabha" or the "Buddhist Society of India" in May 1955.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=WvjHMX8ksIsC~~&pg=PT120~~&dq=Bharatiya+Bauddha+Mahasabha~~#v=onepage~~&q=~~Bharatiya+Bauddha+Mahasabha&f=false~~\|title=Ambedkar: Towards An Enlightened India\|first=Gail\|last=Omvedt\|date=17 April 2017\|publisher=Random House Publishers India Pvt. Limited\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9789351180883}}</ref><ref name="Quack">{{cite book \|last1=Quack \|first1=Johannes \|title=Disenchanting India: Organized Rationalism and Criticism of Religion in India \|year=2011 \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|isbn=978-0199812608 \|oclc=704120510 \|page=88}}</ref>		B. R. Ambedkar studied Buddhism all his life. Around 1950, he devoted his attention to Buddhism and travelled to [[Ceylon]] (now [[Sri Lanka]]) to attend a meeting of the [[World Fellowship of Buddhists]].<ref>{{cite book\|last=Sangharakshita\|title=Ambedkar and Buddhism\|year=2006\|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishers\|location=New Delhi\|isbn=978-8120830233\|page=72\|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e-b2EzNRxQIC&pg=PA72\|edition=1st South Asian \|accessdate=17 July 2013\|chapter=Milestone on the Road to conversion}}</ref> While dedicating a new Buddhist [[vihara]] near [[Pune]], Ambedkar announced he was writing a book on Buddhism, and that when it was finished, he would formally convert to Buddhism.<ref name="Columbia7">{{cite web\| last = Pritchett\| first = Frances\|url=http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00ambedkar/timeline/1950s.html\| title = In the 1950s\| format = PHP\| accessdate = 2 August 2006\| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060620200055/http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00ambedkar/timeline/1950s.html\| archivedate= 20 June 2006 \| url-status=live}}</ref> He twice visited [[Burma]] (now [[Myanmar]]) in 1954; the second time to attend the third conference of the World Fellowship of Buddhists in [[Rangoon]].<ref name="Docker">{{cite book \|editor1-last=Ganguly \|editor1-first=Debjani \|editor2-last=Docker \|editor2-first=John \|title=Rethinking Gandhi and Nonviolent Relationality: Global Perspectives \|series= Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia \|volume=46 \|year=2007 \|publisher=Routledge \|location=London \|isbn=978-0415437400 \|oclc=123912708 \|page=257}}</ref> In July 1951 he formed the "Bharatiya Bauddha Janasangh" (''Indian Buddhist People's Organisation''), which became the "Bharatiya Bauddha Mahasabha" or the "Buddhist Society of India" in May 1955.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WvjHMX8ksIsC&dq=Bharatiya+Bauddha+Mahasabha&pg=PT120\|title=Ambedkar: Towards An Enlightened India\|first=Gail\|last=Omvedt\|date=17 April 2017\|publisher=Random House Publishers India Pvt. Limited\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9789351180883}}</ref><ref name="Quack">{{cite book \|last1=Quack \|first1=Johannes \|title=Disenchanting India: Organized Rationalism and Criticism of Religion in India \|year=2011 \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|isbn=978-0199812608 \|oclc=704120510 \|page=88}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==
	* [[World Fellowship of Buddhists]]
	* [[World Buddhist Sangha Council]]		* [[World Buddhist Sangha Council]]
	* [[International Buddhist Confederation]]		* [[International Buddhist Confederation]]

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{{short description|Buddhist organization in India, founded by B. R. Ambedkar}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Buddhist Society of India
| logo =
| caption = Official logo of the Buddhist Society of India
| abbreviation =
| formation = {{start date and age|1955|05|04|p=y|df=yes}}
| type =
| status = Active
| purpose = Spread of Buddhism
| headquarters = Shop No. 2, MMRDA Building, BMC, Station Road, [[Bhandup]] (West), at [[Mumbai]], in [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| language = Marathi, Hindi, English
| leader_title = National President
| leader_name = Shri Rajratna Ashok Ambedkar
| main_organ =
| affiliations = [[World Fellowship of Buddhists]]
| volunteers =
| slogan =
| founder = [[B. R. Ambedkar]]
| coordinates =
| origins =
| area_served = India
| method =
| membership =
| homepage = https://tbsoi.org.in
}}

The '''Buddhist Society of India''', known as the '''Bharatiya Bauddha Mahasabha''', is a national Buddhist organization in [[India]]. It was founded by [[B. R. Ambedkar]] on 4 May 1955 in [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. Ambedkar was the father of the [[Constitution of India|Indian Constitution]], [[polymath]], human rights activist and [[Buddhism]] revivalist in India. He was first national President of the organization. At a ceremony held on 8 May 1955 in Nare Park, [[Bombay]] (now Mumbai), Ambedkar formally announced the establishment of this organization for the spread of [[Buddhism in India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thebuddhistsocietyofindia.in |title=The Buddhist Society of India|website=www.thebuddhistsocietyofindia.in
|access-date=2018-11-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=I-7bUX0E6cMC&pg=PA14&dq=Bharatiya+Bauddha+Mahasabha|title=Babasaheb Ambedkar|last=Rao|first=Kurukundi Raghavendra|last2=Goswami|first2=Mamani Rayachama|last3=Goswāmī|first3=Māmaṇi Raẏachama|last4=Goswami|first4=Indira|last5=Goswami|first5=Mamani Raisam|date=1993|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=9788172011529|language=en}}</ref> Its headquarter is in [[Mumbai]]. Currently Rajratna Ashok Ambedkar, the great grandson of B. R. Ambedkar, is the National President of the Buddhist Society of India.

==History==
[[File:Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar.jpg|right|thumb|[[B. R. Ambedkar]].]]
B. R. Ambedkar studied Buddhism all his life. Around 1950, he devoted his attention to Buddhism and travelled to [[Ceylon]] (now [[Sri Lanka]]) to attend a meeting of the [[World Fellowship of Buddhists]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Sangharakshita|title=Ambedkar and Buddhism|year=2006|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishers|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-8120830233|page=72|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e-b2EzNRxQIC&pg=PA72|edition=1st South Asian |accessdate=17 July 2013|chapter=Milestone on the Road to conversion}}</ref> While dedicating a new Buddhist [[vihara]] near [[Pune]], Ambedkar announced he was writing a book on Buddhism, and that when it was finished, he would formally convert to Buddhism.<ref name="Columbia7">{{cite web| last = Pritchett| first = Frances|url=http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00ambedkar/timeline/1950s.html| title = In the 1950s| format = PHP| accessdate = 2 August 2006| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060620200055/http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00ambedkar/timeline/1950s.html| archivedate= 20 June 2006 | url-status=live}}</ref> He twice visited [[Burma]] (now [[Myanmar]]) in 1954; the second time to attend the third conference of the World Fellowship of Buddhists in [[Rangoon]].<ref name="Docker">{{cite book |editor1-last=Ganguly |editor1-first=Debjani |editor2-last=Docker |editor2-first=John |title=Rethinking Gandhi and Nonviolent Relationality: Global Perspectives |series= Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia |volume=46 |year=2007 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |isbn=978-0415437400 |oclc=123912708 |page=257}}</ref> In July 1951 he formed the "Bharatiya Bauddha Janasangh" (''Indian Buddhist People's Organisation''), which became the "Bharatiya Bauddha Mahasabha" or the "Buddhist Society of India" in May 1955.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=WvjHMX8ksIsC&pg=PT120&dq=Bharatiya+Bauddha+Mahasabha#v=onepage&q=Bharatiya+Bauddha+Mahasabha&f=false|title=Ambedkar: Towards An Enlightened India|first=Gail|last=Omvedt|date=17 April 2017|publisher=Random House Publishers India Pvt. Limited|via=Google Books|isbn=9789351180883}}</ref><ref name="Quack">{{cite book |last1=Quack |first1=Johannes |title=Disenchanting India: Organized Rationalism and Criticism of Religion in India |year=2011 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0199812608 |oclc=704120510 |page=88}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[World Fellowship of Buddhists]]
* [[World Buddhist Sangha Council]]
* [[International Buddhist Confederation]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official|https://www.tbsi.org.in}}
* [https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/battle-to-head-ambedkars-society-nears-end-in-hc-2/ Battle to head Ambedkar's Buddhist Society of India nears end in the High Court]

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