Consulate General of India, Birmingham, in association with Indian Community, celebrated 125th Birth Anniversary of Baba Saheb Dr B R Ambedkar, Main Architect of Indian Constitution on April 14,2016 afternoon at Sandwell Council House.

 

The celebrations were attended by more than 150 guests including dignitaries e.g. Col George Marsh, Acting Lord Lieutenant of West Midlands, Mr J K Sharma, Consul General of India, Birmingham,Councillor Barbara Price, Mayor of Sandwell, Councillor Steve Ealing, Acting Leader of Sandwell Council, Mr Resham Singh Sandhu, Deputy Lieutenant, Leicestershire, Mr Harmohinder Singh Bhatia Upasakji, Mrs Satinder Kaur Taunque, Deputy Lieutenant, Dr Satya Sharma, Deputy Lieutenant, Councillor Chaman Lal,Mr Avtar Singh Johal, General Secretary, Indian Workers Association, Councillor Ramesh Srivastava, former Mayor of Rugby, Councillor Ram Lakha, Councillor Rati Lal Govind, Councillor Deepak Bajaj,Leicester, Mrs Kamla Chumber, General Secretary, and Mr Vijayesh Chandel, Dr Ambedkar Memoral Committee of UK, Wolverhampton, Ms Amita Mishra, IBM, Mr Resham Mahay, Dr Ambedkar Buddhist Action Committee,Birmingham, Mr J S Badhan, Guru Ravidass Mission, Mr Mohinder Singh, Guru Ravidass Mission,Mr Hamid Malik, Federation of Indian Muslim Organisations,Mr Balbir Klair, International Guru Ravidass Mission, Dr Krishan Kumar, Founder, Gitanjali Multilingual Literary Circle,Mrs Swaran Talwar,Dr Surendra Sharma, Mr Shakil Pathan, Gujarat Muslim Association,Mr B C Pradhan, Consul, Mr Pankaj Sharma, Consul, CGI,Birmingham and Mr Om Prakash Khanna.

 

Acting Lord Lieutenant Col Marsh and Mayor of Sandwell Councillor Barbara price inaugurated a Photo Exhibition on the life and times of Baba Saheb. The guests paid floral tributes to Baba Saheb Dr Ambedkar and a biographical film on his life was screened. Thereafter the dignitaries gave speeches praising the vision and leadership of Baba Saheb, the monumental role played by him in the making of Indian Constitution and his stellar contribution as the first Law Minister of India.

The copies of book " Ambedkar Speaks" containing speeches of Baba Saheb were presented to the dignitaries by Consul General.