The following is from serious of questions answered by Shekhar Bodhakar
B.R. Ambedkar full form is: Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
It can also be read as:
either
Bhim Rao Ambedkar
or (more accurately),
Bhimrao (Son of) Ramji Ambedkar
LET ME EXPLAIN THE REASON.
Baba Saheb Dr Ambedkar’s name kept by his family was 'Bhimrao'
NOT 'Bhimrao Ramji'. Ramji was his father's name kept by his family..
The family name was Ambevadekar, named after the village they came from.
Ambedkar is derived from Ambevadekar.
Surname is a western concept. It was a tradition in most
cultures and still is in many cultures, to write your father's name after your
own name (when written) to identify yourself from other people with the same
name. To further identify themselves, people also wrote their grandfather's and
great grandfather's name too.
In these cultures, the standard way to write any name (still
used today) was to write *s/o, d/o or w/o after the first name
and then write the father's or husband's name as the case maybe.
*S/o
to be read as ‘son of’
*D/o
to be read as ‘daughter of’
*W/o
to be read as ‘wife of,
When during the colonial rule, the system of surnames was
adopted, the s/o, d/o and w/o was omitted.
Women
wrote their husband's name after their names once they were married.
EXAMPLES
Babasahib Ambedkar’s father's name was RAMJI S/O
MALOJI SAKPAL , written as: Ramji Maloji Sakpal
NOTE: After the system of surnames was adopted, Babasaheb’s father name was written as 'Ramji Maloji AMBEDKAR'.
Babasaheb Ambedkar’s mother’s name was BHIMABAI W/O RAMJI
SAKPAL, written as Bhimabai Ramji Sakpal (after her husband's
name)
Babasaheb's name was BHIMRAO
written as Bhimrao S/O Ramji Sakpal (after his father's
name; Ramji). On the adoption of the system of surnames, the s/o was omitted
and therefore his name came to be written as Bhimrao Ramji Sakpal instead of
Bhimrao Ramji Maloji Sakpal.
Sakpal, just like Ambedkar
wasn't a surname, though it has now become one. There was no such thing in
those days. Sakpal was the name of Maloji’s father.
Furthermore, Maloji’s fullname is written as just Maloji Sakpal because no one
seems to know the name of Sakpal’s father.
Further examples:
Babasaheb's
Brothers' names, Balaram and Anandrao were written as:
Balaram
Ramji Ambedkar and
Anandrao
Ramji Ambedkar.
This doesn't mean both brothers were Ramji or their surnames
was Ramji Ambedkar !! Ramji was their father's name.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Baba
Saheb's first wife's name was Ramabai,
written as RAMABAI BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR* to be understood
as: RAMABAI w/o BHIMRAO Ambedkar
This is so, because:
** Babasaheb's name was BHIMRAO (not Bhimrao Ramji)
His second wife's name was Savita, written as: Savita *Bhimrao*
Ambedkar; AGAIN implying that B.R. should be read as Bhim Rao.
BABASAHEB'S
SONS & GRAND CHILDREN:
Yashwant Bhimrao Ambedkar (son) married to:
Meerabai Yashwant Ambedkar
Yashwant's
son is Prakash *Yashwant* Ambedkar
(and
the list Continue)
TO
REITERATE MY OPENING STATEMENT:
B.R. Ambedkar should be read as:
either
Bhim Rao Ambedkar
or
Bhimrao *son of Ramji* Ambedkar
ALSO READ:
2. Despite being a Brahmin why didn’t Ambedkar’s teacher hate Ambedkar?
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