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Sunday, October 11, 2015

Maharashtra Government Buys BR Ambedkar's London Home For Rs. 35



A house on King Henry road in London would be the last thing an owner would want to part with. But to make the three-storey bungalow where Dalit icon and architect of Indian Constitution, BR Ambedkar lived as a student in the 1920s, as their own, the Maharashtra government had to do some hard bargaining. For Rs. 35 crore, the state government became the first in India to own a property abroad.

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