Dr. Ambedkar's emergence as the leader of underprivileged Early life and Education Dr. Ambedkar was born on April ,14 ,1891 in a small town at Mhow cantt near Indore in Mahar caste, which is known as untouchable in Maharashtra. He was 14 and the last child of Ramji Sakpal and Bhimabai Sakpal .His original surname was Sakpal but his father registered his name as Ambadawekar, meaning he comes from his native village ' la' in Ratnagiri district. Later his teacher krishnaji Keshav Ambedkar changed his surname to his own surname 'Ambedkar' in school records. It is well known fact that the social organization of Hindus was based on chatur varna which means the division of society into 4 classes- Brahmans, kshatriyas ,Vaishyas and Shudras .Those belong to the last varna was considered untouchables. With the passage of time this process got further intensified as each varna got further divided into castes and sub castes .This stratification is very rigid in its form i
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