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Narendra Modi pays homage to Babu Jagjivan Ram on his birth anniversary

| | Apr 05, 2016, at 02:43 pm
New Delhi, Apr 5 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid homage to Dalit leader Babu Jagjivan Ram on his birth anniversary.

Modi said he Babu Jagjivan Ram was a stalwart who dedicated his life to the upliftment of the poor & marginalised section of the society.

"On his birth anniversary, tributes to the stalwart who dedicated his life to the upliftment of the poor & marginalised, Babu Jagjivan Ram," Modi tweeted.

Ram was an Indian independence activist and politician from Bihar.

He belonged to the Chamar caste and was a leader of the Dalit community.

He was instrumental in foundation of the All-India Depressed Classes League, an organisation dedicated to attaining equality for untouchables, in 1935 and was elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly in 1937, after which he organised the rural labour movement.

Ram had served as the Deputy Prime Minister of India from 1977 to 79.

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