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Anandraj Yashwant Ambedkar
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Personal details
Born2 June 1967 (age 50)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Political partyRepublican Sena
SpouseManisha Ambedkar
ChildrenSahil
Aman

Anandraj Yashwant Ambedkar (born 2 June 1967) is an Indian politician. He is the national leader of the Republican Sena political party.[1] His supporters occupied the Indu Mill land at Dadar in 2011 to highlight the long-pending demand for a national memorial of B. R. Ambedkar.

Early life

Anandraj Ambedkar is the grandson of B. R. Ambedkar and son of Yashwant Bhimrao Ambedkar. He is brother of Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar, a politician who leads Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ thesundaystandard/article328665.ece Ambedkar grandson targets Buddhist caves By Dhaval Kulkarni. Published: 8 Jan 2012 After launching an agitation seeking the Centre to hand over the Indu mill lands in Mumbai for Dalit icon Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar’s memorial, his grandson and Republican Sena chief Anandraj Ambedkar is now attempting to further consolidate his base with Buddhist Dalits by planning to launch protests to remove encroachments from Maharashtra’s Buddhist era caves and monuments.