Babasaheb (title)
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Babasaheb (Devanagari: बाबासाहेब, IAST: Bābāsāheb) is a given name. It is derived from the Marathi word Babasaheb from which Baba means father and Saheb means sir. B. R. Ambedkar is popularly known as 'Babasaheb'.
Notable people with the name include:
- Babasaheb Ambedkar (1891–1956), Indian jurist, political leader, philosopher, thinker, anthropologist, historian, orator, prolific writer, economist, scholar, editor, revolutionary and a revivalist for Buddhism in India
- Babasaheb Bhosale (1921–2007), Indian politician who served as Chief Minister of Maharashtra 1982–1983
- Babasaheb Purandare (born 1922), historian, writer and theatre personality from Maharashtra, India
See also
- Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (film) (2000), Indian feature film in English
- Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport (IATA: NAG, ICAO: VANP), an airport serving the city of Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
- Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, located in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
- Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University, public institution of higher learning in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University, unitary, autonomous university located at Lonere in Raigad district, Maharashtra, India
- Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Central University located in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh