Gould William - Ambedkar in London

AMBEDKAR IN LONDON

Comparative Politics and International Studies Series

Series Editor: Christophe Jaffrelot

This series focuses on the transformation of politics and societies
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WILLIAM GOULD,
SANTOSH DASS and
CHRISTOPHE JAFFRELOT (eds)

Ambedkar in
London

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CONTENTS

Fig. 1. Ambedkars application form to study a masters degree at LSE, 1916.

Fig. 2. Interior of the main building at LSE.

Fig. 3. Professor Edwin Cannan (Ambedkars supervisor), c. 1920.

Fig. 4. Ambedkars signed dedication to Professor Edwin Cannan in The Problem of the Rupee, 29 January 1924.

Fig. 5. The presentation of Ambedkars portrait by the Dr Ambedkar Memorial Committee of Great Britain, 25 September 1973, in the presence of Sir Walter Adam, Director of LSE.

Fig. 6. The Ambedkar bust in situ, donated by the Federation of Ambedkarite and Buddhist Organisations UK (FABO UK) and unveiled by Dr John Ashworth, Director of LSE, on 14 April 1994.

Fig. 7. Dr Ambedkar as a barrister in 1922.

Fig. 8. Dr Ambedkar with Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan for the Round Table Conference, September 1931.

Fig. 9. The Second Round Table Conference, London 1931. Dr Ambedkar, bottom right.

Fig. 10. Reception Committee for the 1927 Mahad Satyagraha.

Fig. 11. Master Treasurer Ali Malek QC unveiling the new portrait of Ambedkar by David Newens (third from the right), donated by FABO UK for the Ambedkar Room at Grays Inn. Sujat Ambedkar (Ambedkars great-grandson) far right, Santosh Dass second from the right, and Lord David Alton of Liverpool fourth from the right.

Fig. 12. Ambedkarites and academics outside Grays Inn after the unveiling of the portrait on 30 June 2021.

Fig. 13. Diksha ceremony (a conversion to Buddhism) in West Bromwich, 1973. From the Babasaheb Ambedkar, A Birth Centenary Commemoration Vol II, p. 49.

Fig. 14. Great Hall, Grays Inn, 21 February 1991, marking the birth centenary of Dr Ambedkar. In the front row, from left to right: Countess Mountbatten of Burma, Bhagwan Das, Lord Goff of Chieveley, Philip Cox QC, Master Treasurer at Grays Inn (fourth from the right), Baroness Shreela Flather, and Chanan Chahal (furthest right). Office bearers of the Dr Ambedkar Centenary Celebration Committee (standing) include, from left to right, Sohan Lal Gindha (fourth), C. Gautam (fifth), Harbans Virdee (fifteenth) and M. S. Bahal (sixteenth).

Fig. 15. Ambedkar Jayanti, House of Lords, 28 April 2017. Left to right, C. Gautam (second), Arun Kumar, Lord Bhikhu Parekh (fifth), Lord Richard Harries, Baroness Flather, Santosh Dass, Rajesh Dabre, Lord David Alton (eleventh), Adam Orsulik, David Orsulik, Rob Marris MP (tallest, behind David Orsulik). To the right of Marris, Siddharth Mahanandia, Eugene Culas, Harbans Virdee (behind the Buddhist monk).

Fig. 16. Ambedkar Jayanti, Westminster Hall, House of Lords, 11 May 2022. Attendees included, starting from fourth from the left in the front row, Steven Gasztowicz KC, Lord Harries of Pentregarth, Sushant Singh, Santosh Dass, Raj Mohinder Sidhu, Arun Kumar. Second row: Raj Bangar (second from the left), Councillor Ram Lakha (third from the left), Nigel Planer (third from the right), Ken Hunt (far right). Third row: Sue Donnelly (far right).

Fig. 17. Dr Ambedkar International Convention, Paris, July 2014. Raju Kamble in the back row, fourth from the left.

Fig. 18. FABO UK Conference at LSE, 16 June 2016. From left to right: Amartya Sen, Anand Teltumbde, Radha DSouza, Santosh Dass.