Dr. Ambedkar’s Birth Anniversary

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar’s 111th birth anniversary was observed at India house, Indian High Commission here. Satyabrata Pal, Dy. High Commissioner, Deputy Mayor of Bent, councilor, Akbar Sargururoh, Mayor of Newnham, councilor, Sukhdev Singh Marway, Mrs. Jean Lambert, Member of European Parliament, Kenneth Griffiths, renowned actor and film maker who made a documentary film on Babasaheb, Mrs. Ann McFarren, Sunday Times reporter who recently covered caste discrimination in distrubition of aid to Gujarat earthquake victims, Girish Karnad, cultural minister at the Indian High Commission, Kondon, Dhammachari Veerabhadra, chairman of Karuna Trust, UK were present. Chanan Chahal, president of Federation of Ambedkarites and Buddhist Organisations (FABO), conducted the proceedings. Dr. Paul Flather who was awarded doctorate by the Oxford University on his thesis on Dalit movement in India also spoke. He told that only last week, he was in India, In his literary address, he analysed the Gujarat situation.