Babasaheb (Devanagari: बाबासाहेब, IAST: Bābāsāhēb) is an honorary title and given name. "Babasaheb" is a Marathi phrase which means "Respected Father" (Baba = father and Saheb = sir). This epithet is commonly applied to B. R. Ambedkar.[1]
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".[2][3]
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 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
- ↑ Kathare, Dr. Anil (2017). महाराष्ट्राचा समग्र इतिहास (in मराठी). कल्पना प्रकाशन, नांदेड. p. 690.
- ↑ Gaikwad, Dr. Dnyanraj Kashinath (2016). Mahamanav Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (in मराठी). Riya Publication. p. 138.
- ↑ "Renaming Dr. Ambedkar in modern-day India stems from caste hatred". Retrieved 2 April 2018.