India set to acquire Dr B R Ambedkar’s home in London
Monday, 15/06/2015
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London: India is set to acquire a prime property here for an estimated 4 million pounds where B R Ambedkar, the architect of the Indian Constitution and Dalit rights activist, lived during his student days in the 1920s.
An ‘under offer’ sign outside the 10 King Henry’s Road townhouse on a leafy street in Chalk Farm area of north London indicates that the sale process is nearly complete. A blue plaque commemorates the fact that Ambedkar lived there in 1921-22 when he was studying at London School of Economics (LSE).
“It is work in progress,” confirmed a senior Indian High Commission diplomat here, who has been facilitating the process since the Maharashtra government took the decision to acquire the property.
“This is a historical moment for us because it is not just a house but has the emotions of all Indians attached to it,” Rajkumar Badole, Maharashtra’s minister of social justice and special assistance, had said during a visit to London in April. The minister had also initiated talks on establishing a Dr Ambedkar Chair at LSE which would be linked with two new scholarships for Indian students.
