B. R. Ambedkar

1891 – 1956 · India · Economics, Philosophy, History

Principal architect of India's constitution and Dalit emancipation.

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  • Adam Smith

    1723 – 1790 · Economics, Philosophy

    Ambedkar's economics training in classical political economy shaped his fiscal and currency work.

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  • Kailash Satyarthi

    1954 · Peace

    Constitutional guarantees against caste and bonded labour are the ground Satyarthi litigates from.

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