Maharashtra team finalises purchase of Ambedkar's London home

April 28, 2015 22:41

A high-level team from the Maharashtra government has finalised the purchase of a home, costing around four million pounds, where Dr B R Ambedkar lived during his student days in London.

The architect of India's Constitution and dalit rights activist had spent around a year at the three-storey town house on King Henry's Road in north London in 1921-22 when he was studying at London School of Economics.

"This is a historical moment for us because it is not just a house but has the emotions of all Indians attached to it. This has been a very fruitful visit and we expect the formalities regarding the purchase to be completed by the end of May," said Rajkumar Badole, Maharashtra's minister of social justice and special assistance.

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