Modi pays tributes to B R Ambedkar on 125th birth anniversary
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today paid rich floral tributes to B R Ambedkar at his birth place in Kalipaltan area of Mhow cantonment town on his 125th birth anniversary
By : migrator
Update: 2016-04-14 09:21 GMT
New Delhi
Ambedkar was born in Mhow cantonment town of Madhya Pradesh on April 14, 1891. The state government has built a grand memorial at his birth place.
"Modi is the first Prime Minister of the country to pay a visit to Ambedkar's birth place, Mhow," Ambedkar Social Science University, Mhow, Vice Chancellor R S Kureel claimed while talking to PTI.
The Prime Minister was accompanied by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and other dignitaries on the occasion.
Modi took a look at the grand memorial and spent over 15 minutes there. He will later address a public meeting in Mhow and launch the 11-day-long 'Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan' (village self-governance campaign).
Earlier, the PM was accorded a warm welcome on his arrival at the Indore airport by Chief Minister Chouhan and state Health Minister Narottam Mishra. From Indore, Modi left for Mhow in a helicopter.
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