id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-1947 B. R. Ambedkar - Wikipedia .html text/html 12879 1945 71 He led a satyagraha in Mahad to fight for the right of the untouchable community to draw water from the main water tank of the town.[46] In a conference in late 1927, Ambedkar publicly condemned the classic Hindu text, the Manusmriti (Laws of Manu), for ideologically justifying caste discrimination and "untouchability", and he ceremonially burned copies of the ancient text. He also served as the chairman of Governing body of Ramjas College, University of Delhi, after the death of its Founder Shri Rai Kedarnath.[59] Settling in Bombay (today called Mumbai), Ambedkar oversaw the construction of a house, and stocked his personal library with more than 50,000 books.[60] His wife Ramabai died after a long illness the same year. Ambedkar as Free India's First Law Minister and Member of Opposition in Indian Parliament (1947–1956) ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-1947.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-1947.txt