Ambedkar Jayanti is Very Special Year: 2017

This Ambedkar Jayanti is definitely a bit significant from the others, Modi in Nagpur, Launch of Aadhaar Pay, New Twitter Emoji launched, New Development Schemes to be announced by the PM and many more.

Ambedkar Jayanti or Bhim Jayanti is a yearly festival celebrated on 14 April to pay homage to Baba Saheb Ambedkar. It denotes Ambedkar's birthday in 1891 and is observed as a public holiday throughout India.

Yes, today is the Birth Anniversary of Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar also called as Baba Sahb, the key instigator of the Constitution of India. He was an Indian economist, jurist, politician and social reformer who inspired the Dalit Buddhist Movement and campaigned against social discrimination against Untouchables or the “Dalits”, while also supporting the rights of labour and women.

14 April 1891 was the day Ambedkar was born on in the town and military boot camp of Mhow in the Central Provinces (now in the Indian State -  Madhya Pradesh). Ambedkar was born into a poor dalit (Untouchable) caste, who were treated as untouchables and subjected to socio-economic discrimination. Ambedkar and other dalit children were segregated and given very little attention or help by teachers in the schools. They were not allowed to sit inside the class. When they felt thirst and needed to have some water, someone from a ’superior’ caste had to pour that water from a significant height as they were not allowed to physically touch neither the water and the vessel that contained water. This task for the young Ambedkar generally was done by the school peon, and if the peon was not available then the young Baba Saheb had to be without water; Ambedkar described the situation later in his writings as "No peon, No Water". Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar also started many newspaper. two of the Newspapers started by Dr. BR Ambedkar – 

                                 

                                   Mooknayak (Mute Hero – 1920)

Bahishkrut Bharat (India Ostracized – 1927)

But why all the Buzz for an event which occurs once every year?

No, this blog is not like our Indian Media who does these same flashbacks and life history biographies in every Birth Anniversary of any Significant person.
Believe me this year its special….

Read ahead you’ll know

1.     Twitter Launched Ambedkar Emoji

We can see on Twitter that it is displaying an Ambedkar Emoji along with the trending hashtag #AmbedkarJayanti.

Apart from #AmbedkarJayanti, you can find the emoji with following other hashtags also.

#अंबेडकरजयंती

#DalitLivesMatter

#JaiBhim

#जयभीम

This emoji is active not only in English but Hindi too.

2.     Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Nagpur today.

PM stated yesterday in his tweets that many development projects will be inaugurated in Nagpur today, which will have a positive impact on the lives of people. These development projects will include IIT, IIM, AIIMS and Koradi thermal power stations. Modi will also address a public meeting. And will go to the conclusion of the DigiDhan Mela and will reward the winners of the scheme.

3.     Dikshabhoomi Postage Stamp

PM Modi spoke about paying homage at Dikshabhoomi to Baba Saheb Ambedkar as he reverted to Buddhism with approximately 600,000 followers on Ashok Vijaya Dashami on 14 October 1956. Dr. Ambedkar's return to Buddhism is very important for millions of people in India. As a token of respect PM will Announce the New Dikshabhoomi Postage Stamp.

4.     Aadhaar Pay

Payment Technologies are abruptly getting more secure, advance and User Friendly at the same time. In fact, it is almost science fictional. In the past, we have seen movies with future as plots showing the protagonist paying via a handheld All in one device. The Science Fiction Comic based game series Mass Effect also featured the game characters using an “omni tool” to buy sell scan and everything. These fictitious futuristic thoughts of the past have been realizing in the past few years and today’s day Omni Tool is our smartphone. Among all the advance payment technologies out there today, on the auspicious occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch Aadhaar Pay which is a biometric-based payment system which will be added to the existing UPI system that will allow people to with their thumb impression in Nagpur today. So yeah now payment via thumb impression is also a reality.

Thanks for reading guys if you have any suggestions, feedbacks, or anything you want to talk just put em down in the comments.

Yes one more thing it is an auspicious occasions so yes, I have not referred to any of the very popular Ambedkar Trolls

This post was written by:

Adarsh Narsaria is a content marketing professional , a Digital Artist and Professional Audio - Video Editor who helps companies attract visitors by making appealing promotional media, video advertisements and custom branded stationery. Previously, Adarsh worked as a marketing consultant in a Talent Acquisition Startup Business. He is currently doing his graduation.

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